<p><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style='background-color: transparent; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;'>The Dream vs Reality.🌘🕞</span></p><p><br/></p><p>As a teenage girl, growing up wasn't fun—but it was fun. Seeing my dream blur before me wasn't the life I wanted to live. The psychological traits, the thoughts everyone had about me, the different types of emotions I portrayed... the cuts and the bruises.</p><p><br/></p><p>The inability to suppress my feelings and emotions—my blurry mindset. My hatred towards the outer world. The world’s expectations of me at a very young age, the expectations I had to beat, the experiences that shaped my whole life. Does it all even matter?</p><p><br/></p><p>The real me stared at the mask I wore, now taking over.</p><p>The stranger within laughed at the real me struggling.</p><p>They called me weak and desperate. I called myself introverted and shy.</p><p><br/></p><p>The shadow self called me illusive—filled with illusion.</p><p>Said I was a dangerous weapon the world must not figure out.</p><p>Said I lacked emotions.</p><p><br/></p><p>The real me knew not what it was, but called itself a weakling—crying in the dark room where no one hears, because no one must hear... because no one cares.</p><p><br/></p><p>The polished version of me received comfort, while the real me dreamed of having a roof every cold night.</p><p>The world craved the stranger they loved—and that stranger craved the real one—</p><p>"Because the human brain craves what it can't control."</p><p><br/></p><p>What am I?</p><p>A beast or an angel?</p><p>An introvert or a weakling?</p><p>A tamed sheep or a wolf?</p><p><br/></p><p>Though my emotional disguise received comfort and brightened up the room, the real me—being a dark, shady image—still illuminated a light within and yearned every day to pass through the window and take over...</p><p><br/></p><p>It was past midnight when I woke up, covered in sweat.</p><p>What happened? Was I dreaming? Or... was i really out there, seeking refuge?</p><p><br/></p><p>What becomes of me when I let her in?</p><p>Does she come to take revenge... or let karma do the dirty work?</p><p><br/></p><p>I guess she wouldn’t give karma the job.</p><p>Have I been suppressing the old me all this while?</p><p>I hope not.</p><p><br/></p><p>Is this me trying to suppress the real me,</p><p>or the persona I created trying to take over the real one?</p><p><br/></p><p>Gross. I better get back to bed...</p><p><br/></p><p>As I was about to lie down, I saw a bright flashlight lingering near the window—and i heard a painful moan.</p><p><br/></p><p>Maybe I wasn't dreaming after all.</p><p>The real me is out there… trying to find a way in, without my knowledge.</p><p><br/></p><p>If she succeeds,</p><p>what becomes of me—</p><p>"the calm, sweet girl".....?</p><p><br/></p><p><a class="tc-blue" href="https://twocents.space/insights/tag/keeyra">#keeyra</a>✍🏽</p><p><br/></p>
The Dream vs Reality.🌘🕞
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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 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.
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.
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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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Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
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comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
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We pick the top 3.
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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
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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.
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Subscriptions received
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Tips received
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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
Engagement Score
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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.
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A user's comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
2
A user's upvotes
Monthly Score
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We look at three main things:
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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
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A user's monthly comments (excluding replies & said user's comments on their own content)
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A user's monthly upvotes
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colleges/universities they attend(ed)
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All insights posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels)
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All comments posted by contributors that attended a particular school (at both undergraduate or postgraduate levels) —
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