Verification Math & Anti-Gaming Methodology

Every public Trust Score on thehypelists.com is computed strictly from three objective inputs:

• Wilson 95% Lower Bound (50% weight): Uses Edwin Wilson's lower confidence bound on payment-verified single-use buyer reviews so two 5-star reviews never outrank thirty authentic 4.8-star buyers.
• 30-Day Half-Life Exponential Decay (30% weight): Recent real Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, or Shopify checkouts maintain fresh momentum; stale historical bursts decay exponentially.
• WebMCP & AI Crawler Readiness (20% weight): Audits navigator.modelContext, llms.txt, Schema.org JSON-LD, and AI crawler policies cleanly.
• Zero Sandbox Pollution: Test checkouts triggered via the webhook simulator are permanently marked simulated_sandbox and never inflate public leaderboard rankings.