<p>Struck by the sleeping arrow of the night,</p><p>Far into the world of another,</p><p>Which receives me with open arms,</p><p>Giving me what reality refuses to give.</p><p><br/></p><p>Reality, yes reality is brutal.</p><p>It has what man desire,</p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">But gives him the opposite of what he yearns for.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Reality is brutal.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Dream world, a place of fantasy,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">A place where my fantasies come alive,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Where my wish is a command,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Where my desire is a priority.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">With reality every reward is earned,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Your sweat and hard work are the key to survival.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Reality pushes man to his feet,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">It makes you understand that Life itself is hard.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br/></span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">The dream world rewards you with what you cannot get in real world.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">A realm where hard work does not count,but gives comfort for free.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Like a magician who makes wishes come true,</span></p><p>The best friend a man can ever have.</p><p><br/></p><p>I sometimes find more peace in my dreams than real life,</p><p>Whenever i experience the unfriendly nature of life,</p><p>The dream world receives me,</p><p>And pats my head like a mother patting the head of her newborn child.</p><p><br/></p><p>Reality is a man's worst enemy,<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Society today is a man's second enemy,</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">The high expectations placed on us,</span></p><p>And the fear of letting down those who trust in us.</p><p><br/></p><p>In my dream world, responsibility has no voice.</p><p>The dream world is like the good old days of childhood,</p><p> When my only responsibility is to eat, play and sometimes dream about what I wanted to become in future.</p><p>Now I understand why my father sit in silence back then, staring at reality.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes in my dream world, thinking that the Creator has answered my prayers,</p><p>Providing for me all I ever wanted, my desires.</p><p>Thinking that reality has lost is grip on me,</p><p>Then the cock's loud crow at early dawn woke me back to reality, where duty call's and then it hit me that reality cannot be escaped.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p>Growing up as a child, I never knew that there is a stage in my life that reality will slap me hard and drag me out of my comfort zone into the real world.</p><p>Actually I never saw this coming, has a child have always wanted to grow up quickly to see what is out there, I thought life will go as planned I no no say life be get another plan for me oo</p><p>I woke up this morning the first thing I did was to hiss, it was so loud that my roommate have to ask "guy watin happen" because I don't know what reality has planned for me today.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sorry if some of my words are not grammatical correct I just need to get this out of my mind 💔</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