<p><br></p><p>---</p><p><br></p><p>My Confession</p><p><br></p><p>I’ve carried this secret inside me for so long that sometimes it feels like a part of who I am. Not a good part—more like a shadow I try to hide, but which never quite leaves my side. Today, I want to confess it. Not to anyone in particular, but to myself. To finally let it out, free of shame or fear.</p><p><br></p><p>For years, I pretended that everything was fine. That I was the person everyone thought I was—strong, confident, unbreakable. But inside, I was crumbling. I was scared. I was lost. And worst of all, I felt utterly alone.</p><p><br></p><p>The truth is, I wasn’t honest with anyone—not my friends, not my family, and certainly not myself. I built walls so high that even I forgot what lay behind them. It started small, a lie here, a half-truth there, until the whole world I lived in was a mask.</p><p><br></p><p>But masks don’t fit forever. One day, they start to suffocate. That day came quietly, without fireworks or drama. I woke up one morning and realized I couldn’t keep pretending. I couldn’t keep living in a story that wasn’t mine.</p><p><br></p><p>My confession is simple, yet terrifying: I am not who you think I am. I have doubts, fears, and failures that I hide behind a smile. I have made mistakes—some small, some big—and I have carried the weight of regret more than I ever admitted. I have lost my way at times, and sometimes I still do.</p><p><br></p><p>But here’s the thing—confessing this is not about seeking pity or forgiveness. It’s about reclaiming my truth. It’s about shedding the burden of silence so I can finally breathe freely. Because the moment we admit our struggles, we stop being prisoners of them.</p><p><br></p><p>I want to be brave enough to say, “This is me—all of me.” The flawed, scared, hopeful person who is still learning how to live honestly. I want to stop hiding in shadows and start standing in the light, even if it’s uncomfortable.</p><p><br></p><p>This confession is not the end. It’s the beginning. The beginning of a journey toward self-acceptance, toward genuine connection, and toward peace.</p><p><br></p><p>So here I am, confessing not to be judged, but to be real. And maybe, if you listen closely, you’ll find a piece of your own confession in mine.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>---</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
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.
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.
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.
Comments