<p>My seventeen.</p><p><br/></p><p>Seventeen and tired.</p><p>No one ever asked</p><p>if I needed a hug,</p><p>a hand to hold when I was afraid,</p><p>or just a break from everything.</p><p><br/></p><p>The world made me grow too fast </p><p>learned to carry things in silence,</p><p>heavy things,</p><p>things no one ever saw.</p><p><br/></p><p>I never got help.</p><p>Not because I didn’t need it </p><p>I honestly and genuinely craved acknowledgement.</p><p>but I was told to suck it up and move on.</p><p>And maybe that’s the only reason I’m still here.</p><p><br/></p><p>That?</p><p>That’s rare.</p><p>That’s beautiful.</p><p>Whether you see it or not.</p><p><br/></p><p>It’s always been just me.</p><p>No dreams.</p><p>No light.</p><p>No hope.</p><p>But I’m still here.</p><p><br/></p><p>Not perfect.</p><p>Far from it.</p><p>But still here.</p><p><br/></p><p>I kept pushing</p><p>even when my body was breaking,</p><p>even when my soul was tired of fighting.</p><p>I never gave up </p><p>not even when I had every reason to.</p><p><br/></p><p>I’m not old,</p><p>but I did what grown people couldn’t.</p><p>I did it alone.</p><p>I’m still doing it.</p><p><br/></p><p>And that?</p><p>That’s something.</p><p>Whether you see it or not.</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p>
At the end of each month, we give out cash prizes to 5 people with the best insights in the past month
as well as coupon points to 15 people who didn't make the top 5, but shared high-quality content.
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
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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.
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Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
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Avoid using AI to generate content—use it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
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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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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)
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Upvotes
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Views
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Number of insights published
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Subscriptions received
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Tips received
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