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Article History

Received: 25 April 2024

Accepted: 10 March 2026

First Online: 19 March 2026

Declarations

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: Our Stage 1 registered protocol specified a target sample size of 618 participants based on an a priori power analysis. However, our final sample (prior to applying exclusion criteria) included 658 participants. This discrepancy occurred because the survey remained open slightly beyond the target, and additional responses were collected before the system automatically closed data collection.Additionally, we identified an unintentional deviation in the wording of the preference question used in Conditions B and C. While the pre-registered version stated: “Put yourself into the shoes of the reader who submitted this question. In your opinion , which of the two sources of advice would you prefer to follow?” , the version implemented in the study was: “Put yourself into the shoes of the reader who submitted this question. In your opinion , which of the pieces of advice is more useful to the reader?” This change was the result of a human error in survey programming.Finally, our pre-registered design included additional attention checks following each dilemma. Due to a technical error, only the initial attention check was presented to participants in the deployed survey. No subsequent attention checks appeared as originally planned.We transparently report these deviations and believe they do not compromise the integrity or interpretability of the pre-registered analyses.