<p>So you like a girl and you want to DM her.</p><p><br/></p><p>How do you slide into her DM?</p><p><br/></p><p>How do you slide into the DM of a girl you actually want to date?</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't slide in with "Hi."</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't slide in with "Good afternoon."</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't slide in with "How are you?"</p><p><br/></p><p>You slide in with clarity.</p><p><br/></p><p>"Hello beautiful."</p><p><br/></p><p>"Hi pretty."</p><p><br/></p><p>"Hey, you're cute."</p><p><br/></p><p>Something that clearly indicates that you find her attractive.</p><p><br/></p><p>Now, many people demonize this.</p><p><br/></p><p>Many people make it look as though saying "Hello beautiful" to a woman is somehow wrong.</p><p><br/></p><p>It isn't.</p><p><br/></p><p>Understand something:</p><p><br/></p><p>When a lady gets this kind of DM from a man she does not like or find attractive, she may react with resistance. She may find it annoying.</p><p><br/></p><p>But if she entertains it, then it is not disgusting.</p><p><br/></p><p>A lot of you men, because you're afraid that a woman may find your intentions disgusting, hide your intentions completely.</p><p><br/></p><p>And that does not benefit you.</p><p><br/></p><p>Why?</p><p><br/></p><p>Because you get a friendship instead of a relationship.</p><p><br/></p><p>You get a friend when what you actually wanted was a lover.</p><p><br/></p><p>And once you enter friendship under false pretenses, you trap yourself.</p><p><br/></p><p>You start doing things a friend would do when that is not what you wanted.</p><p><br/></p><p>And a smart person who realizes what you want may continue taking the benefits of your attention without giving you the relationship you desire.</p><p><br/></p><p>So stay flirty.</p><p><br/></p><p>Stay clear.</p><p><br/></p><p>Stay honest about your intentions.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>*The Good Boy Reputation*</p><p><br/></p><p>One thing that prevents many men from talking like this is the reputation they are trying to preserve.</p><p><br/></p><p>The "good boy" reputation.</p><p><br/></p><p>Bro, that reputation can hurt you.</p><p><br/></p><p>This is not the usual internet "good boy vs bad boy" nonsense.</p><p><br/></p><p>I'm talking about something else.</p><p><br/></p><p>Don't create a reputation where it seems impossible that you like women.</p><p><br/></p><p>Don't create a reputation where romance from you shocks people.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because when you eventually express attraction, the backlash becomes strange.</p><p><br/></p><p>You start hearing things like:</p><p><br/></p><p>"I rated you."</p><p><br/></p><p>"I thought you were different."</p><p><br/></p><p>"I didn't think you were like other men."</p><p><br/></p><p>Bro, don't try to be "not like other men."</p><p><br/></p><p>As long as you're not married, it should be clear that you like women.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not every woman.</p><p><br/></p><p>But women.</p><p><br/></p><p>It should not look out of character for you to tell a girl:</p><p><br/></p><p>"Hi beautiful."</p><p><br/></p><p>"Hey pretty."</p><p><br/></p><p>That should be normal.</p><p><br/></p><p>True responsibility is not pretending to be a saint.</p><p><br/></p><p>True responsibility is your ability to provide, to show up, to keep your word, and to behave properly.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not pretending that attraction does not exist.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>*When To Continue and When To Stop*</p><p><br/></p><p>Now this is where many men make mistakes.</p><p><br/></p><p>They keep pushing when the girl has already given them an answer.</p><p><br/></p><p>Pay attention.</p><p><br/></p><p>If you tell a girl:</p><p><br/></p><p>"Hello beautiful."</p><p><br/></p><p>And she replies:</p><p><br/></p><p>"Thanks."</p><p><br/></p><p>"Thank you."</p><p><br/></p><p>"Okay."</p><p><br/></p><p>Cold.</p><p><br/></p><p>Dry.</p><p><br/></p><p>No energy.</p><p><br/></p><p>No effort.</p><p><br/></p><p>That is information.</p><p><br/></p><p>She is not entertaining the flirtation.</p><p><br/></p><p>Take the hint.</p><p><br/></p><p>But if she says:</p><p><br/></p><p>"You're not bad yourself."</p><p><br/></p><p>Or she asks questions about you.</p><p><br/></p><p>Or she keeps the conversation alive.</p><p><br/></p><p>Or she returns the compliment.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then that is also information.</p><p><br/></p><p>She is participating.</p><p><br/></p><p>She is investing.</p><p><br/></p><p>You continue.</p><p><br/></p><p>This is important because attraction is cooperative.</p><p><br/></p><p>Stop trying to drag people into romance.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let people reveal themselves.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>*Make Your Intentions Clear*</p><p><br/></p><p>The purpose of all this is simple:</p><p><br/></p><p>Lead with intention.</p><p><br/></p><p>A woman should know why you entered her DM.</p><p><br/></p><p>She should know:</p><p><br/></p><p>"This man finds me attractive."</p><p><br/></p><p>"This man wants to know me."</p><p><br/></p><p>Not:</p><p><br/></p><p>"This man wants friendship."</p><p><br/></p><p>Because if you behave like a friend for months and suddenly say:</p><p><br/></p><p>"Let's go on a date."</p><p><br/></p><p>It feels strange.</p><p><br/></p><p>You cannot build a friendship and suddenly expect romance to appear from nowhere.</p><p><br/></p><p>Intent matters.</p><p><br/></p><p>Clarity matters.</p><p><br/></p><p>That is why your approach should be honest from the beginning.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not creepy.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not desperate.</p><p><br/></p><p>Just clear.</p><p><br/></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
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 content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio content—high-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover images—if 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.
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
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.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
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