<p>No, No, No! This is not my actual take on TwoCents yet, as I believe 6 months or there about, should be just the right time for me to give an unbiased review of this platform.</p><p><br></p><p>The actual title of this Insight is</p><p><br></p><p style="text-align: center; "><span style="background-color: transparent;">"</span><strong style="background-color: transparent;">Navigating TwoCents: A Newbie's guide</strong><span style="background-color: transparent;">".</span></p><p><br></p><p>And like the title suggests, I will be listing a few interesting features that you should be aware of, as you continue to use this platform..</p><p><br></p><p>Having been on TwoCents for over a month now, there are a few features that I have noticed that both intrigued and excited me, with the rest they are also listed below.</p><p><br></p><p>1} <strong>Feed</strong>: This works more like the Newsfeed of Facebook, except that you get to find the "Insight of The Day" or "Unpopular Opinion" feature on your feed as you scroll, this gives you a personalised feeling and keeps you glued and wanting to find out more.</p><p><br></p><p>2} <strong>Your Profile</strong>: Yeah, as the name implies, it is your personal space where you find the insights you shared, your drafts, your spaces{you'd read about this in a bit}, saved insights and so on..</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Note</strong> that your profile is divided into two, the "Private Profile" and the "Public Profile", the Private Profile is your private workshop{what you see when you view it from your end} while the public profile is what I, or anyone else will see, if I visited your profile.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Note again </strong>that you can't share insights directly from your profile, else it would end up in your draft.. you should share your insights directly from the feed page.. just tap the "Share an Insight" button.</p><p><br></p><p>3} <strong>Spaces</strong>: These are your "interests" market place, this means that once you pick a space like "Health", "People and Society", "Literature, Writing and Blogging", you are going to see contents that relate to that space, but don't panic you can pick as many spaces as you like.</p><p><br></p><p>4} <strong>Updates</strong>: This is just a fancy way of saying "My Notifications", and it contains all the activities that other people performed that has something to do with you.. like, if someone comments on your insight, replied your comment, if someone you follow follows someone else that follows you.. you get it right?</p><p><br></p><p>5} <strong>Contributor Score</strong>: This is an automatic grading of your activities on TwoCents based on the number of insights you have released, upvotes {and views, but not really} you received. If you will stand a chance to earn on TwoCents then you must get this score as up as upssible.</p><p><br></p><p>6} <strong>Earnings</strong>: There are 3 ways you can earn on TwoCents,</p><p><br></p><p>i} <strong>Tips</strong>: if you make an insight and someone likes it, they can choose to send you a tip.. and no these tips do not replace your job, it's just a way of encouraging you to keep dishing out great content. So don't be discouraged if you don't get tipped that often. And more importantly, your Contributor score must be over a 100 for you to be able to receive tips.</p><p><br></p><p>ii} <strong>Subscription</strong>: So now, you have people who love to read your work and are loyal to you, you can ask them to subscribe to your premium content.. this way you keep dishing out good content while being paid for it. Well, I still don't think this replaces working as it may take some time to make the amount of money that will be able to take care of your necessities from subs. But, I think this is something everyone should give a try. Also, your Contributor Score must be above 500 to enjoy this privilege.</p><p><br></p><p>iii} <strong>Ad Revenue</strong>: Have you noticed that small eye sign below every insight, yeah the number beside it displays how many views you get on each insight you release.. now businesses also check that "eye" when it's time to make their choices on which pages they should run Ads on, and for every ad they run on your page you get a share of what they paid. Your contributor score must be over 2000 to be in this category.</p><p><br></p><p>7} <strong>Ranking</strong>: This just shows the list of people with the highest numbers of contributions on TwoCents. As at the time of writing this insight, the person with the most ranking is Samuel Ibok with a Contributor Score of 2298.. a score I intend to surpass before the end of this year.😅</p><p><em><br></em></p><p><strong><em>Caveat</em></strong>, I am not making this insight on behalf of Twocents and I may be wrong about a couple of details I gave on this insight. Fact is, I only gave as much information as I thought I was right about, based on my own personal experience with the platform.</p><p><br></p><p>Is there any other detail you think I didn't add but you believe should be here, let me know in the comments.</p><p><br></p><p>Also, Feel free to correct me if I am wrong about anything.. so we can all learn together.</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 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.
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