<p>What do you think about waist beads?</p><p>Like what to your mind when you ‘hear waist beads’</p><p>I used to be among the people that will shout ‘God forbid, I can’t wear waist beads, it’s only **** girls that wear them’.</p><p>But everything changed.</p><p>As a pre teen, my mom used to make neck beads for women, her brand was on a different level and it was very affordable.</p><p>My mom became popular in the barracks, getting customers from the ‘officers wives’ and it was a very big thing back then.</p><p>My mom taught me how to make beads with different designs and ornaments, she taught me color combinations and patterns.</p><p>I was only allowed to wear neck beads and hand beads, ‘waist beads are not good’ that’s what I always hear.</p><p>But everything changed.</p><p>2020 Covid 19 era</p><p>One day I told my mom ‘I prefer making waist beads for sell, and she agreed.</p><p>That was one of the best decisions I’ve made for myself.</p><p>I started cheaply, I learnt how to deal with customers, I understood market dynamics.</p><p>I was a ‘vendor’ and a proud one.</p><p>I made money from the business.</p><p>It helped me in school, I was known as ‘mercy beads’. </p><p>WAIST BEADS💝</p><p>There’s just something about waist beads.</p><p>Whenever I take them off, I feel incomplete.</p><p>I’ve been wearing them for years now and it feels like a part of me. </p><p>It helps me watch my weight and it has been really helpful for that purpose, recently they’re no longer tight, which means I’ve lost a little weight. </p><p>Do you love waist beads?</p><p>Will you let your woman wear them?</p><p><br/></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.