<p>The urge to write. It comes in unexpectedly and I just want to pick up my pen and write. I don't do pens, I do notes. Words articulated on my phone because that's what the whole generation is about now. If you're still based on the past, then it would leave you behind, everybody's walking towards the future. Nobody stops. Nobody goes back to the past and they're like, I used to enjoy this, let's do this once in a while. It's only when our phones die we remember, you know, life could be better on the other side. </p><p><br></p><p>And then a flick of light, we go back to our phones. This generation clouded in on our phones. But that's not what I want to talk about. I want to talk about me. </p><p><br></p><p>Sometimes I wonder how life could be, how changes are made. How things grow. Sometimes I wonder, what if? What if things don't work out in the future? What if I get lost in my haze and I keep making mistakes? What if my mistakes define me? I know they say your mistakes don't define you, but just what if it actually does? What happens then? What happens to me? What if I don't make it? What will be my story?</p><p><br></p><p>What do I say when asked why I did it, what do I explain when it all crashes down. So many thoughts clouds my head and the first alternative is to stop.</p><p><br></p><p>What am I doing with my life? what do I want with my life?. I thought I had all these questions figured out but each day it seems I'm back to square one. </p><p><br></p><p>I'm back to the first line of my story, I wish I could erase my past and start new on a clean slate but I can't, the memory haunts me.</p><p><br></p><p>The good, bad and ugly all I have seen and I have no one to blame but me. I should have tried to keep myself sheltered for a while more, I shouldn't be so trusting, I shouldn't have gone out with no one by my side. </p><p><br></p><p>I try to put the past behind me but mere apology doesn't erase the wrong done, mere distraction doesn't avoid the trauma.</p><p><br></p><p>But I have no one to blame but me. Why do I have to be this way? Why do I always have to remind myself? Why can't I get what I want for once?</p><p><br></p><p>What do I even want? What do I need? Is that why it always hurts? Is it because I think it's what I want when it's not? Why is it so hard to stop? Why does it seem like I'm getting worse? Why does avoiding only hurt? </p><p><br></p><p>One question breeds another, one memory breeds another, I'm tired and my head hurts and slowly my heart is failing and I fall.</p><p><br></p><p>But what if.....</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