An oTree experiment simulating a social media application environment for behavioral research. Participants interact with a mock feed and posts, allowing researchers to study engagement, attention, and emotional responses in a controlled setting. The work is under a GNU GPL v3 license, which means any derivatives created from it need to remain open source.

If you use this code, please cite it as follows: Céspedes, V., & Pinho, A. (2025). This is not a feed. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/6F92W

1. Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/lalalavi/thisisnotafeed.git
cd thisisnotafeed

2. Set up a virtual environment

python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # On Windows use: .venv\Scripts\activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

3. Run the local development server

otree devserver

4. Access the experiment
   Open your web browser and go to http://localhost:8000 to start the experiment.