<p>I know we often say "don't be the smartest person in the room" but here is how I would frame this; *if you are the smartest person in the room, recognise that a responsibility has been placed on you in that moment and become the teacher you wish they had*</p><p><br></p><p>I think this works better because most times, it's not possible to always be the smartest</p><p><br></p><p> Recognize the give and take of life. Use that opportunity wisely. You are pouring into them just as the people you meet in these so called "smarter rooms".</p><p><br></p><p>I mean, think about it: you not being the smartest in the room means you have become those "dumber people" earlier referenced. </p><p><br></p><p>There would always be someone you can glean from and that's a pointer to your very "smart" room(think of mentors and those you admire)</p><p><br></p><p>And then, there are those who would need to draw from you(you become the mentor and have your mentees learning at your feet)</p><p><br></p><p>The problem is people always ignore the give and take of life so they miss the mark to maintain equilibrium </p><p><br></p><p>There is always an incessant need to be better, do better, and gatekeep knowledge just because </p><p><br></p><p>It truly does not take anything from you to give as much as you get. If anything, it tells a lot about you and your character </p><p><br></p><p>But I guess human nature always takes over and we resort to our baser instincts (John Wick reference 😉)</p><p><br></p><p>I for one think it's a humbling experience when I find myself in that vicinity </p><p><br></p><p>Yes, sometimes it can be annoying especially if the people you find yourself with are not even interested in learning (I loathe intellectual laziness but that's just me)</p><p><br></p><p>But as I have scaled through life, I realized that you only have an edge because you know and have discovered some things </p><p><br></p><p>If that knowledge was common, that edge frazzles and oh boy is it humbling to say the least</p><p><br></p><p>What do you think about this though?</p><p><br></p><p>Am I just yapping or does this yank your intellectual chain?</p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
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 "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 "Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
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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.
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Use eye-catching cover images—if your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
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Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Contributor Rankings
The Contributor Rankings shows the Top 20 Contributors on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis.
The all-time ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly score sums the score on all your insights in the past 30 days. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on TwoCents — these are community members that have engaged the most with other user's content.
Contributor Score
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.
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Comments (excluding replies)
5
Upvotes
6
Views
1
Number of insights published
2
Subscriptions received
3
Tips received
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
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