<p>Cultured in reels<br></p><p>Dwelling in hate</p><p>Abiding in slanders</p><p>Loved for complacency</p><p>Strengthened in unforgiveness</p><p>Applauded in gossip</p><p>Addicted to aesthetics</p><p>Entertained by trauma</p><p>Desensitized by darkness</p><p>Numbed by opinions</p><p>Chained by “just vibes”</p><p>And lost in filters that never tell the whole truth</p><p>….then</p><p>We scroll through pain with popcorn</p><p>We normalize distance and call it peace</p><p>We cancel people but never cancel pride</p><p>We romanticize dysfunction and call it freedom</p><p>We rebuke correction but crave attention</p><p>We say “self-care” but mean “self-preservation at any cost”</p><p>We forget community, then blame it for not showing up</p><p>….more to that </p><p>There’s a lot of work to do.</p><p>The next generations count on us.</p><p>They’re watching, not just what we say, but how we live.</p><p>They’re measuring our values not by our posts, but by our practices.</p><p>They’re listening to our silence, and studying our priorities.</p><p>They are inheriting wounds we didn’t heal</p><p>And questions we refused to confront</p><p>….cry some more</p><p>Many of the things we now call “boundaries”</p><p>Are nothing but permanent unforgiving spirits in disguise.</p><p>Walls built from past offenses, thick with silence, heavy with pride.</p><p>We call it healing, but it’s hiding.</p><p>We call it wisdom, but it’s fear.</p><p>We speak of protecting our peace</p><p>But what we’re really doing is protecting our bitterness.</p><p>We ghost people to avoid growth</p><p>We block growth to avoid discomfort</p><p>We keep people in our lives just to keep the illusion of love</p><p>And we shut people out when they reflect what we need to become</p><p>….healed or heeled ?</p><p>It’s time to admit:</p><p>We are being discipled by algorithms</p><p>Mentored by trending audios</p><p>And shaped more by content than by character</p><p>We now teach that loyalty is weakness</p><p>And that trust must be earned, but never offered</p><p>We forgot that grace isn’t passive; it’s powerful</p><p>That mercy doesn’t mean foolishness</p><p>And that love, real love, can still tell the truth, correct with compassion</p><p>And say no without fear</p><p>…….finished </p><p>Fortunately or unfortunately, everyone is right, and no one is wrong.</p><p>We’ve replaced conviction with preference</p><p>And preference with opinion</p><p>And opinion with entitlement</p><p>Now “your truth” can’t be challenged</p><p>Even when it contradicts love, wisdom, or reality</p><p>We are easily offended, rarely corrected</p><p>Quick to speak, slow to listen</p><p>And even slower to reflect</p><p><br></p><p>SELAH.</p><p>Let that breathe.</p><p>Because this isn’t a rant</p><p>It’s a mirror</p><p>And we all need to stand before it</p><p>Not to judge, but to yield</p><p>Not to defend, but to discern</p><p>We can’t teach what we haven’t processed</p><p>We can’t mentor what we haven’t modeled</p><p>We can’t raise whole people from half-healed wounds</p><p>And we certainly can’t guide the next if we’re still stuck in yesterday’s betrayals</p><p>We must do the work: heartwork, thoughtwork, spiritwork</p><p><br></p><p>…to the rest thereof </p><p>Unfollow bitterness</p><p>Mute pride</p><p>Unsubscribe from trauma cycles</p><p>Delete the narrative that silence is power</p><p>And rewrite the truth that love is louder than fear</p><p><br></p><p>…fainted </p><p>Yes, there’s still hope</p><p>Because even in the noise, some are waking up</p><p>Even in the mess, God is calling leaders</p><p>Not perfect ones, but surrendered ones</p><p>Leaders who have scars, but still choose mercy</p><p>Mentors who have fallen, but still point upward</p><p>Voices who don’t echo trends, but declare truth</p><p>We are the ones we’ve been waiting for</p><p>So let’s not scroll past this moment</p><p><br></p><p>Let’s rebuild, Let’s repent, Let’s relearn, Let’s revive</p><p>There’s a lot of work to do<br></p><p>But it starts with you</p><p>It starts with me, It starts now</p><p><br></p><p>#PureBreedSbe<br></p><p>#SirB</p><p>PS: only the image is AI generated…</p><p>What do these words inspire you ? Let’s chat !!!</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