<p>Night does not fall on the Street Lights Kingdom by accident, it arrives like a confession whispered to those who have learned to wait.</p><p>Street light Cyrus stood tall at the bend of a quiet road his metal skin dull under the sun forgotten by passing faces brushed by dust mocked by birds and ignored by hurried footsteps. During the day people never looked up they complained about heat cursed the poles for blocking signs leaned on him without care and called him useless because he offered no shade no beauty no voice.</p><p>Across the street stood Streetlight Tobi slimmer newer quieter watching the same world pretend they did not exist. In daylight she felt irrelevant a standing object with no applause no gratitude only silence. Children played around her without noticing elders passed without greeting and drivers never slowed for her presence. The day stripped them of purpose and left them standing with patience as their only strength.</p><p>But night knew their names.</p><p>When the sun sank and fear grew legs people searched for them with demonstrate eyes. Footsteps hurried back into their glow lovers slowed their walks beneath them prayers rose when their light appeared. When a bulb flickered curses followed mouths that ignored them by day now begged for brightness by night. When darkness swallowed a street and a light failed anger filled the air because people suddenly remembered how much they needed what they once called nothing.</p><p>Street light Cyrus learned early that failure was not an ending. He had gone dark once and heard the disappointment in the street. Instead of breaking he decided that every return to light would be his motivation. He whispered to the night that past mistakes belong behind the switch not ahead of the glow.</p><p>Streetlight Tobi believed deeply that imagination was a seed. Every night before lighting up she imagined a brighter future where her glow would reach further than fear. And every night reality obeyed as her light stretched and wrapped itself around trembling shadows.</p><p>They fell in love slowly not with touch but with shared purpose. Their beams met on the road and stayed there holding each other steady. When one flickered the other burned stronger. When silence grew heavy they spoke through light promising to remain honest even when unseen.</p><p>Cyrus admired how Tobi forgave the day that ignored her. Tobi loved how Cyrus never resented the people who only noticed him when they were afraid. Together they understood that life was never about those who praised them in daylight but about those who trusted them to stand guard when backs were turned and roads were lonely.</p><p>They learned that failure could be fuel that the past had no power over a switched on heart and that love did not need applause to exist. In the Street Lights Kingdom they stood glowing proof that what the world calls irrelevant can become essential and that true love shines brightest when no one is watching but everyone is safe.</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