<p>Growing up, there was one serious rule in my house:</p><p>DON'T ADD SALT TO BEANS YET!</p><p>“Leave am! E no go soft!”</p><p>😭😭😭</p><p>So there you are, watching beans boil from morning till evening.</p><p>The beans has seen the sun rise.</p><p>The beans has seen the sun set.</p><p>At this point, you and the beans have basically started a relationship.</p><p>But you still can't add salt because “it won't get soft.” 😂</p><p>And nobody questioned it.</p><p>You just accepted your fate and kept adding water.</p><p>Meanwhile, apparently, salt isn't what is stopping your beans from getting soft.</p><p>The age of the beans, the water and how long the beans has been stored can all affect how quickly it cooks.</p><p>So all those years of hiding salt from beans like salt was its sworn enemy…</p><p>We were just suffering unnecessarily. 😭😂</p><p>Imagine telling your mother this now.</p><p>“Ma, salt doesn't actually stop beans from getting soft.”</p><p>She'll look at you for five seconds and say:</p><p>“Okay. Cook your own beans.” 😂</p><p>Be honest:</p><p>Were you also raised with the “no salt until beans are soft” rule?</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/beans_2.webp"/></p><p><br/></p><p>Enjoy!!!</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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