<p>The loneliness of life and life’s bright face shines,</p><p>The circumstances of the world that keep the wise calm,</p><p>Dreams and hopes of men that found no ground,</p><p>The heirloom of the world not for the wonderer</p><p>But comes as wonder to the acting warder; the hard man.</p><p></p><p>The challenges of life make the heart disown its kin.</p><p>Will the darkened spot continue to be?</p><p>It must surely be whitened.</p><p>Will the prodigal continue to be lost?</p><p>They must find their way back to the bosom</p><p>Only the hard man.</p><p></p><p>Who will be what he decided to be in the face of no “be”?</p><p>Who will let loneliness shine and take no cover?</p><p>Who will urge his smile in the face of disaster?</p><p>Who will bring hope and dreams to fertile lands?</p><p>The hard man.</p><p></p><p>Who will punch the beautiful face of life’s troubles?</p><p>Who will not rest until the charcoal dark is whitened?</p><p>Who will bring back the lost?</p><p>The hard man.</p><p></p><p>When storms rage fierce and shadows grow darker,</p><p>When whispers of doubt attempt to make him fall,</p><p>He stands unshaken, firm in his desire</p><p>The world’s heavy burden carried by the hard man.</p><p></p><p>For in his hands lie beams of fire,</p><p>Planted deep in the deep night.</p><p>Through grass and grace, he’ll always withstand,</p><p>The silent strength of the hard man.</p><p></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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