Padraig Lamont

Padraig Lamont

The Misinformation GameThe Misinformation Game
Maker of things. Sometimes cool things.
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Ever since I was a kid, I’ve enjoyed creating software projects. Originally, I started out writing Scratch games and basic websites, but I’ve since moved on to working on some cooler projects. One Christmas I became really interested in The Royal Game of Ur, and so I founded the largest website for playing the game online, https://royalur.net. I have also developed The Misinformation Game, a free and open-source social-media simulator for psychology research, https://misinfogame.com. Before these more successful projects, when I was a teenager, I used to pretend to be my mum so that I could do freelance programming work online (people don't like hiring 13-year-olds for some reason). It's fair to say that programming is my primary hobby, and I do it a lot. Although, basketball is fun too.

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Padraig Lamont

2yr ago

The Misinformation Game - A social-media simulator for research

If you’ve surfed the internet, there's no doubt that you've swallowed a dose of misinformation or two! The Misinformation Game helps researchers to study misinformation, and how we can fight it online, by providing a highly customisable social-media simulator.
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