<p><strong>SAD BUT TRUE š¢</strong></p><p><br/></p><p>Akara and Pap was breakfast served every morning in a hostel of 100 people.</p><p><br/></p><p>Out of the 100, 80 didnāt like it. They grumbled daily, complained bitterly, and wished for something different.</p><p>But the remaining 20 were content. They loved it just as it was.</p><p><br/></p><p>To resolve the conflict, the warden introduced a simple rule: every night, the hostel would vote for the next morningās breakfast. Whatever meal had the highest number of votes would be served.</p><p><br/></p><p>Every night, the 20 who loved Akara and Pap cast their votesāfor one option, with one voice.</p><p>But the 80 who disliked it were never united. Their votes scattered across the board:</p><p><br/></p><p>18 for Bread and Tea</p><p>16 for Yam and Egg Sauce</p><p>14 for Jollof Rice</p><p>12 for Spaghetti</p><p>10 for Indomie</p><p>110 for Moi Moi and Pap</p><p><br/></p><p>And so, despite being the minority, the 20 who stood together always won.</p><p>Akara and Pap kept showing up on the dining tableānot because it was the best, but because those who wanted change refused to agree on what they truly wanted.</p><p><br/></p><p>-------------</p><p><br/></p><p>Now, pause and think.</p><p><br/></p><p>Isnāt this Nigeria?</p><p><br/></p><p>We are over 200 million strong, but divided into fragments. Everyone is tired of the same old hardship, the same recycled leadership, the same bitter āmealā of corruption and suffering. We know the problem. We even know possible solutions. But when it comes to taking a stand, unity evaporates.</p><p><br/></p><p>Instead, we allow tribe, party, religion, personal interest, ambition, and ego to scatter our votes, our voices, and our strength. Then we wake up shocked to the same āAkara and Papā of bad governanceāagain and again.</p><p><br/></p><p>2027 is not far. In fact, itās already at our doorstep. And unless we learn from this simple hostel story, we will find ourselves chewing the same bitter breakfast, served fresh on election morning, with no one else to blame.</p><p><br/></p><p>-------------</p><p><br/></p><p><strong>Food for Thought:</strong></p><p>Unity is not about being the majorityāit is about being intentional.</p><p>A united minority will always outshine a divided majority.</p><p><br/></p><p>If 20 people with one voice can keep Akara and Pap on a hostel table of 100, imagine what 200 million with one purpose can put on Nigeriaās table.</p><p><br/></p><p>The question is: Will we keep complaining, or will we finally agree on the kind of future we want to taste?</p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to 7 people with the best insights in the past month. The 7 winners are picked
by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate contentāuse it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio contentāhigh-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover imagesāif your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
All-time Contributors
All-time Engagers
Top Monthly Contributors
Top Monthly Engagers
Most Active Colleges
Contributor Score
The all-time ranking is based on users' Contributor Score, which is a measure of all
the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
Here is a list of metrics that are used to calcuate your contributor score, arranged from
the metric with the highest weighting, to the one with the lowest weighting.
1
Subscriptions received
2
Tips received
3
Comments (excluding replies)
4
Upvotes
5
Views
6
Number of insights published
Engagement Score
The All-time Engagers ranking is based on a user's Engagement Score — a measure of how much a
user engages with other users' content via comments and upvotes.
Here is a list of metrics that are used to calcuate the Engagement Score, arranged from
the metric with the highest weighting, to the one with the lowest weighting.
1
A user's comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
2
A user's upvotes
Monthly Score
The Top Monthly Contributors ranking is a monthly metric indicating how users respond to your posts, not just how many you publish.
We look at three main things:
1
How strong your best post is —
Your highest-scoring post this month carries the most weight. One great post can take you far.
2
How consistent the engagement you receive is —
We also look at the average score of all your posts. If your work keeps getting good reactions, you get a boost.
3
How consistent the engagement you receive is —
Posting more helps ā but only a little.
Extra posts give a small bonus that grows slowly, so quality always matters more than quantity.
In simple terms:
A great post beats many ignored posts
Consistently engaging posts beat one lucky hit
Spamming low-engagement posts won't help
Tips, comments, and upvotes from others matter most
This ranking is designed to reward
Thoughtful, high-quality posts
Real engagement from the community
Consistency over time ā without punishing you for posting again
The Top Monthly Contributors leaderboard reflects what truly resonates, not just who posts the most.
Top Monthly Engagers
The Top Monthly Engagers ranking tracks the most active engagers on a monthly basis
Here is what we look at
1
A user's monthly comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
2
A user's monthly upvotes
Most Active Colleges
The Most Active Colleges ranking is a list of the most active contributors on TwoCents, grouped by the
colleges/universities they attend(ed)
Here is what we look at
1
All insights posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels)
2
All comments posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels) —
excluding replies
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
Comments