<p>Design is not merely the art of arranging shapes, choosing colors, or placing elements in the right order. Design is the quiet architect of human desire, the invisible hand that guides the eye, shapes thought, and awakens emotion before a single word is even read.</p><p><br/></p><p>Good design whispers.</p><p>Great design speaks.</p><p>Legendary design transforms.</p><p><br/></p><p>At its core, design is a conversation between intention and perception. It asks a simple question:</p><p><br/></p><p>“What do you want the reader to feel the moment they arrive?”</p><p><br/></p><p>Before a story hooks the mind, design captures the soul.</p><p>Before a paragraph teaches, the layout invites.</p><p>Before your worldbuilding amazes, the structure gives permission to enter.</p><p><br/></p><p>Design is ........</p><p>A balance of chaos and order.</p><p>A dance between what is seen and what is felt.</p><p><br/></p><p>The truth is:</p><p>People don’t fall in love with what they understand,</p><p>they fall in love with what understands them.</p><p><br/></p><p>Design is the first thing that says,</p><p>“I see you. I know what you’re looking for. Come closer.”</p><p><br/></p><p>A powerful design resonates because it mirrors the inner landscape of the reader.</p><p>Soft curves calm the restless.</p><p>Bold lines empower the timid.</p><p>Spacious layouts give the overwhelmed room to breathe.</p><p>Dark palettes comfort those who think deeply at night.</p><p>Minimalism gives meaning back to silence.</p><p>Complexity challenges minds that yearn for puzzles.</p><p><br/></p><p>Design responds to the human condition long before humans respond to it.</p><p><br/></p><p>And the greatest secret?</p><p><br/></p><p>Design is not decoration. It is intention made visible.</p><p>It is emotion made structural.</p><p>It is meaning given a body.</p><p><br/></p><p>A beautiful design doesn’t simply look good,</p><p>it feels right.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because the true purpose of design is to create a doorway:</p><p>A threshold between where the reader is</p><p>and where you want to take them.</p><p><br/></p><p>The designer’s real craft is not in the tools or techniques,</p><p>but in the ability to ask:</p><p><br/></p><p>What does hope look like on a page?</p><p><br/></p><p>What shape does longing take when displayed visually?</p><p><br/></p><p>How does sadness breathe?</p><p><br/></p><p>How does confidence stand?</p><p><br/></p><p>What color is ambition?</p><p><br/></p><p>What rhythm does inspiration walk with?</p><p><br/></p><p>Every great piece of design is a philosophy,</p><p>a visual argument about how the world should be.</p><p>It is not passive; it persuades.</p><p>It is not random; it reveals priorities.</p><p>It is not a background; it is the first chapter of whatever story you want to tell.</p><p><br/></p><p>Readers might forget your lines,</p><p>but they will never forget how your world made them feel.</p><p><br/></p><p>Design is the emotional gravity of your work.</p><p>It pulls readers in.</p><p>It holds them.</p><p>It changes something inside them before they even realize it.</p><p><br/></p><p>And when design becomes aligned with story, purpose, and vision,</p><p>you create something that transcends mere appearance,</p><p>you create presence.</p><p><br/></p><p>Presence has weight.</p><p>Presence has memory.</p><p>Presence has meaning.</p><p><br/></p><p>When done right, design becomes a message:</p><p><br/></p><p>“You belong here.</p><p>You are seen here.</p><p>You are safe to be moved here.”</p><p><br/></p><p>And the greatest design will always be the one that makes a reader pause, breathe, and whisper to themselves:</p><p><br/></p><p>“I don’t know why but this feels right.”</p><p><br/></p><p>That is the power of design.</p><p>Not pixels.</p><p>Not fonts.</p><p>Not color wheels.</p><p><br/></p><p>But the ability to turn invisible emotions into visible beauty.</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