How We Verify
We're transparent about what each listing's status actually means — and what it doesn't. We never imply comprehensive safety auditing.
The limits of a directory listing
A working or source-confirmed community link does not mean every study resource, tutor, exam claim or file shared inside that community has been independently verified.
We verify that a community exists and its invite link appears to work. We do not verify everything that happens inside it — we can't, and you should not assume we have. Treat every community as a place to evaluate for yourself.
Verification states
Every listing carries exactly one verification state:
Unverified — Unverified
A public invite URL was found, but no additional verification was performed. This is the default state for most discovered listings.
Source confirmed — Source confirmed
A public source clearly identifies the community and its invite URL — for example, an exam study blog, a prep-course page, or a public community directory that names the group and links its invite. The source's claims about the community are not independently re-checked.
Owner confirmed — Owner confirmed
The community's owner or admin completed an ownership verification method (for example, confirming the listing from the community's own official channel). This confirms the listing belongs to that community's operators — it is not a review of the community's content.
Manually reviewed — Manually reviewed
An administrator manually reviewed the listing against its public sources: the invite link, the exam claims, the platform and the description. This means a human looked at it — it is not a safety certification and not a guarantee that study materials shared in the group are legitimate.
What we verify about exam claims
- Exam / certification focus. A listing is tagged for an exam (e.g. USMLE, CFA, AWS) only when the community's public materials support that claim. We never guess a community's exam focus from its name alone.
- Platform and invite. The listed platform (Discord, Telegram, WhatsApp) and invite URL must match what the public source actually shows.
- Link status. Whether the invite URL appears reachable — see below.
Link status
Link checks answer one question: does the invite URL appear reachable?
- Link active — the URL responded as reachable at the last check.
- Status unknown — the URL could not be confidently verified (blocks, timeouts, ambiguous responses). We never guess.
- Invite unavailable — repeated strong evidence (e.g. persistent 404s) that the invite no longer works.
- Reported — a user reported a problem; awaiting manual review.
- Removed — the listing was removed by moderation.
Checks run on a schedule, never during the website build, and only against publicly observable signals — we never join groups to “test” them.
What we never claim
- We never mark a community “safe”, “trusted” or “exam-verified”.
- We never certify that study materials, dumps or tutors inside a group are legitimate.
- We never generate ratings, reviews or pass-rate statistics.
- Member counts appear only when a real source provides them.
- Directory discovery is not verification — finding a public URL is just finding a URL.
Corrections
Something wrong? Use the report form or contact us. Corrections are reviewed and applied by a human.