The community side
Verified parent reviewers leave a star rating, an observed age range, and a written review per listing. Reviewers are verified at signup; verification details live on the community guidelines page. The community star rating is a trimmed mean across all verified reviews; it ignores the top and bottom 5 percent to soften brigading.
The AEGIS side
AEGIS scores every listing on six axes. See the rubric in depth for axis-by-axis definitions. AEGIS produces a recommended age bucket and a confidence score (0 to 100) for each axis. The confidence shown on a listing is the lowest of the six axis confidences; the chain is only as strong as its weakest link.
The agreement signal
Each listing carries one of three agreement signals:
- Agree. Community star rating and AEGIS recommended age bucket are within one band of each other.
- Mild disagreement. Community and AEGIS land within two bands; the listing surfaces both views and the reasons.
- Sharp disagreement. Community and AEGIS are more than two bands apart. These are the most interesting listings on the directory; they get a dedicated explainer card.
How to interpret confidence
Confidence below 60 means AEGIS does not have enough signal to classify with the same precision as a high-confidence listing. The community star rating still applies; AEGIS abstains rather than guesses.
Reporting a bad rating
Every listing has a "report this rating" link in its actions row. Reports go to community moderation per the community guidelines. Bad ratings are removed; the publisher is not contacted.