Are cartoons the new therapy? How a fictional canine family cracked my emotional armour.
I still watch cartoons. Not the ones for adults like me, but the ones I should've watched almost two decades ago.<p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Cartoons feel like comfort, like ice-cream on a sunny day. Like an A+ on a test you studied a little too hard for. Like a “good job” from your African parents.</p><p><br/></p><p>Cartoons feel like peace.</p><p><br/></p><p>Bluey is my all-time favourite cartoon, sitting right next to SpongeBob. </p><p><br/></p><p>The thoughtfully crafted storyline, lessons, and interactions among the characters are extraordinary.</p><p><br/></p><p>From Bluey I learnt that while it takes a lot to raise a happy family, it doesn't take too much.</p><p><br/></p><p>The Heelers(Bluey’s family) taught me to find joy in the simplest of things. To anticipate happiness; to be hopeful. </p><p><br/></p><p>Years back, if you'd told me that my emotional armour would crack, and the walls depression built for me would be demolished by a 6-year old cartoon dog and her family, let's just say I'd have called you something that rhymes with brazy.</p><p><br/></p><p>Bluey not only captures innocence and peace, it also captures fun and joy. Those alone feel like therapy.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Which movie is your all time favourite? Do you watch cartoons? Have you seen Bluey? Who's your favourite cartoon character?</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 between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The 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.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
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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 content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
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Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
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Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
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Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
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.
Contributor Rankings
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— 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.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
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