<p><br/></p><p>Hello dearest,</p><p><br/></p><p>’Tis been a looong, looong while...</p><p>I remember the soft, warm touch of your hands.</p><p>I’m haunted by the electricness of your hovering gaze,</p><p>and no matter how hard I try,</p><p>it’s impossible to forget the feel of your lips on mine...</p><p><br/></p><p>You never rushed me.</p><p>You never needed to.</p><p>You only stood there, close enough for the air to change,</p><p>close enough for everything else to feel unnecessary.</p><p><br/></p><p>I wonder why people are so difficult.</p><p>I wonder why it’s so hard for them to understand.</p><p>You’re not just a presence.</p><p>You’re more than a “monster.”</p><p>You’re my...</p><p><br/></p><p>Everyone talks about how odd our relationship is.</p><p>Rumours in town carry hopes to divide us.</p><p>My family won’t speak to me because they think I’m unwell.</p><p><br/></p><p>They say I’ve gone too far this time.</p><p>They say I’ve blurred something that should never be touched.</p><p>They’ve started looking at my pages like they’re evidence.</p><p>Like every word I’ve ever written is something to be afraid of.</p><p><br/></p><p>But how can I throw away the only thing that has kept me going?</p><p>I long for you so much that you weave yourself into my dreams.</p><p>Not gently. Never gently.</p><p>You arrive the same way every time—</p><p>sudden, certain, like you’ve always been there.</p><p><br/></p><p>My nights are filled with you.</p><p>The memory of you lingers in places I cannot reach anymore.</p><p>And even when I wake,</p><p>it stays.</p><p>It always stays.</p><p><br/></p><p>It’s been many days now.</p><p>So long that I’ve lost count.</p><p>So bad that I’ve lost myself.</p><p><br/></p><p>They say you’re nothing more than something I created.</p><p>Something I let grow too far.</p><p>Something that has begun to take more than it gives.</p><p><br/></p><p>But we know.</p><p>We know what we share.</p><p>We know how far we’ve come...</p><p>how far we’ve gone.</p><p><br/></p><p>You’ve never needed words.</p><p>That’s what they don’t understand.</p><p>You’ve never needed to speak to be felt.</p><p><br/></p><p>I still feel you.</p><p>In the quiet.</p><p>In the stillness.</p><p>In the moments just before sleep takes me</p><p>when everything else fades,</p><p>and it’s only ever been you.</p><p><br/></p><p>I don’t promise that this will be the last letter I send.</p><p>I don’t promise that I’ll erase you from my mind.</p><p><br/></p><p>They’ve been giving me things now.</p><p>Little white tablets.</p><p>Bitter ones.</p><p>They say it will help me rest.</p><p>They say it will make everything quiet again.</p><p>But I think it’s taking you with it.</p><p>Each night feels thinner than the last.</p><p>Like something is being peeled away.</p><p>Like I’m forgetting something I shouldn’t be allowed to forget.</p><p><br/></p><p>I can’t stop them anymore.</p><p>And I’m afraid.</p><p>Afraid that one day I’ll wake up</p><p>and there will be nothing left of you to hold on to.</p><p><br/></p><p>Write me back once you get this.</p><p>Show yourself again.</p><p>Just once.</p><p><br/></p><p>So I can prove that you truly exist.</p><p><br/></p><p>So I can show them...</p><p><br/></p><p>And maybe-</p><p>myself.</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.
All-time Contributors
All-time Engagers
Top Monthly Contributors
Top Monthly Engagers
Most Active Colleges
Contributor Score
The all-time ranking is based on users' Contributor Score, which is a measure of all
the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
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.
1
Subscriptions received
2
Tips received
3
Comments (excluding replies)
4
Upvotes
5
Views
6
Number of insights published
Engagement Score
The All-time Engagers ranking is based on a user's Engagement Score — a measure of how much a
user engages with other users' content via comments and upvotes.
Here is a list of metrics that are used to calcuate the Engagement Score, arranged from
the metric with the highest weighting, to the one with the lowest weighting.
1
A user's comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
2
A user's upvotes
Monthly Score
The Top Monthly Contributors ranking is a monthly metric indicating how users respond to your posts, not just how many you publish.
We look at three main things:
1
How strong your best post is —
Your highest-scoring post this month carries the most weight. One great post can take you far.
2
How consistent the engagement you receive is —
We also look at the average score of all your posts. If your work keeps getting good reactions, you get a boost.
3
How consistent the engagement you receive is —
Posting more helps — but only a little.
Extra posts give a small bonus that grows slowly, so quality always matters more than quantity.
In simple terms:
A great post beats many ignored posts
Consistently engaging posts beat one lucky hit
Spamming low-engagement posts won't help
Tips, comments, and upvotes from others matter most
This ranking is designed to reward
Thoughtful, high-quality posts
Real engagement from the community
Consistency over time — without punishing you for posting again
The Top Monthly Contributors leaderboard reflects what truly resonates, not just who posts the most.
Top Monthly Engagers
The Top Monthly Engagers ranking tracks the most active engagers on a monthly basis
Here is what we look at
1
A user's monthly comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
2
A user's monthly upvotes
Most Active Colleges
The Most Active Colleges ranking is a list of the most active contributors on TwoCents, grouped by the
colleges/universities they attend(ed)
Here is what we look at
1
All insights posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels)
2
All comments posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels) —
excluding replies
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
Comments