<p>I don't understand why people have a problem with other people choosing to be alone.</p><p><br/></p><p>I feel like there is nothing wrong with choosing to be alone.</p><p><br/></p><p>You could genuinely just enjoy your own company a lot.</p><p><br/></p><p>There simply are choice you cannot make for people.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not everyone who chooses solitude has a problem that needs fixing.</p><p><br/></p><p>If your solitude gives you peace and you're not hurting anyone I don't see the problem. </p><p><br/></p><p>Not everyone needs constant human connection to be happy.</p><p><br/></p><p>We often interpret people's situations through our own needs.</p><p><br/></p><p>Someone who is happiest when around people might not see why another person will be happiest alone.</p><p><br/></p><p>They might interpret it as loneliness, sadness, trauma, arrogance.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sure solitude can be a way to avoid pain and isolation can be very unhealthy.</p><p><br/></p><p>But why do I owe being social to people just so I can prove I have a meaningful existence?</p><p><br/></p><p>I love people but that doesn't mean I want every waking moment to be with them, around them or about them.</p><p><br/></p><p>Why do we find other's behavior as unacceptable just because they don't align with our personal choices?</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't like something doesn't mean the whole world has to bend to not liking it as well.</p><p><br/></p><p>My way of socializing doesn't have to be same as yours, does it?</p><p><br/></p><p>Because you would be unhappy living like that doesn't mean everyone will be😭😭.</p><p><br/></p><p>And please don't tell me "humans are social creatures".</p><p><br/></p><p>Your life doesn't have to require public validation to be deemed meaningful.</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't have to be constantly surrounded by people to be deemed a happy person.</p><p><br/></p><p>You don't have to always defend your personal preference that's why they're personal.</p><p><br/></p><p>And your happiness doesn't have to be visible for it to be real.</p><p><br/></p><p>Sometimes solitude is simply a choice and I think that's okay too.</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.
Content Contributor
Eligible to Earn
Most Viewed in a Space
Monthly Prize Winner
Mini-Competition/Flash Contest Winner
Essay Competition Winner
Spoken Word Competition Winner
Hundred Insight Club (HIC) (100+ Insights)
Contributor (500+ Score)
Top Contributor (2000+ Score)
Elite Contributor (5000+ Score)
Trusted Contributor
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