<p>And all of a sudden, after what felt like an eternity of beautiful silence and nothingness, light began to return.</p><p><br/></p><p>For a brief moment, she thought, Maybe this is heaven.</p><p><br/></p><p>Everything was white—calm, peaceful, and still.</p><p><br/></p><p>But as she slowly tried to open her eyes, she heard her mother's voice.</p><p><br/></p><p>"Princess! My princess... Oh, how are you, my baby?"</p><p><br/></p><p>The sharp scent of antiseptic filled the air, and only then did she realize she was in a hospital.</p><p><br/></p><p>She had truly believed she had finally found a way to escape this world and all the hurt, darkness, and pain that came with it.</p><p><br/></p><p>But I guess that's the irony of life.</p><p><br/></p><p>After everything she had been through, just when she thought it was finally over, life wasn't going to let her go that easily.</p><p><br/></p><p>So there she was, back in life's cruel game, with no choice but to play.</p><p><br/></p><p>As she lay there, her mother sat beside her bed, making promises—promises that she would always be there for her, that she would never allow anyone to hurt her again.</p><p><br/></p><p>She had heard promises before.</p><p><br/></p><p>Right then and there, she made one of her own.</p><p><br/></p><p>If she could never rely on anyone else to protect her, then she would protect herself.</p><p><br/></p><p>She would bury the naive, emotional, and loving little girl she once was and become someone... or something... that no one could ever hurt again.</p><p><br/></p><p>She would learn to see every wound before it was inflicted and hurt others before they ever had the chance to hurt her.</p><p><br/></p><p>From that day on, life became a chessboard. ♟️</p><p><br/></p><p>She would show no emotion.</p><p><br/></p><p>She would sacrifice connection for control.</p><p><br/></p><p>And she would see people as nothing more than pieces waiting to be played.</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 between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The 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.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
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