<p>What if I told you that there’s actually nothing that is truly good or bad…</p><p><br/></p><p>That everything you believe about right and wrong might just be something you were taught… and accepted without question?</p><p><br/></p><p>Sounds wrong, right?</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe it is..</p><p>Or maybe… it’s just uncomfortable.</p><p><br/></p><p>Let’s look into it more closely </p><p><br/></p><p>What exactly is good? And what is bad?</p><p><br/></p><p>According to the dictionary:</p><p>Good is what is considered morally right, beneficial, or desirable.</p><p>To do good is to act in a way that brings positive outcomes.</p><p><br/></p><p>On the other hand:</p><p>Bad is what is considered morally wrong, harmful, or undesirable.</p><p>To do bad is to act in a way that leads to negative consequences.</p><p><br/></p><p>Simple enough.</p><p><br/></p><p>But here’s where it starts to get interesting.</p><p>The only thing consistent about good and bad… is the definition.</p><p>Outside of that, everything becomes unstable.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because in reality, good and bad are not fixed; they shift. </p><p><br/></p><p>They bend or change depending on who is looking.</p><p><br/></p><p>Take something as simple as sleep.</p><p>You’re told sleeping 8 hours a day is 'good' important, healthy, necessary.</p><p>But look at it differently: 8 hours every day is a third of your life gone. Years lost to unconsciousness.</p><p><br/></p><p>Now tell me… is that still good?</p><p><br/></p><p>Or have you just been trained to accept it as good?</p><p><br/></p><p>Let’s go further.</p><p><br/></p><p>Stealing is bad. </p><p>That’s what everyone has been made to believe.</p><p>But what about a situation where stealing actually saves a life?</p><p><br/></p><p>Hunger doesn’t care about morality.</p><p>Desperation doesn’t wait for permission.</p><p><br/></p><p>So when survival is on the line… what exactly is that act?</p><p>What do we call it then; good stealing?</p><p>Or something else entirely?</p><p><br/></p><p>And that’s the problem.</p><p><br/></p><p>The moment you start questioning it, the lines begin to blur.</p><p><br/></p><p>What you call good, someone else might call foolish.</p><p>What you call bad, someone else might call necessary.</p><p><br/></p><p>Environment shapes it.</p><p>Experience shapes it.</p><p>Sometimes even power shapes it.</p><p><br/></p><p>So when you say something is good… is it truly good?</p><p>Or is it just what you’ve been conditioned to believe?</p><p><br/></p><p>If I really wanted to, I could take almost anything you label as “bad” and show you a version of it that leads to something positive.</p><p><br/></p><p>And if you’re not careful, you’ll start to realize how fragile your certainty is.</p><p><br/></p><p>The unsettling part is this:</p><p>Most people don’t actually know why they believe something is good or bad.</p><p><br/></p><p>They just do.</p><p><br/></p><p>It reminds me of those moments when my mom would tell me not to do something, and when I asked why, she’d simply say, “It’s not good,” and shut down any further questions.</p><p>It just didn't feel right to not do something because sometimes or set of people concluded it is bad.</p><p><br/></p><p>Some people will point to laws.</p><p>Some will point to morals.</p><p>Others point to culture.</p><p><br/></p><p>But laws, morals, and culture are not absolute truth; they are agreements.</p><p><br/></p><p>Systems created by people to guide behavior and maintain order.</p><p><br/></p><p>And even these doesn't necessarily mean it's good or whatever.</p><p><br/></p><p>I even asked AI:</p><p>“Why is something good or bad?”</p><p>And the simplest answer comes down to this:</p><p>Things are judged based on impact, intent, and context.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not a fixed rule or something absolute.</p><p><br/></p><p>So where does that leave us?</p><p>Maybe there is no clear good or bad.</p><p>Maybe there are only perspectives… shaped by need, fear, survival, and control.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe what you call “good” is just what benefits you.</p><p>And what you call “bad” is simply what threatens you.</p><p>Or maybe…</p><p><br/></p><p>There was never a clear line to begin with.</p><p><br/></p><p>My conclusion is Just Do You; leave this biased talks for people trying to make themselves feel better.</p><p><br/></p><p>I might be wrong though.</p><p><br/></p><p>But if I am…</p><p>Then answer this:</p><p>What truly makes something good or bad?</p><p>Drop your thoughts.</p><p>Convince me.</p><p><br/></p><p>P.S: Not a negative person, just a logical human.</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.
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.
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 — 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 — 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