Another week left, and these are the winners of the HivePosh Threads contest #3:

@davideownzall 1074 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 70 $HIVE for 🥇
@arsky 636 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 50 $HIVE for 🥈
@neotopher 231 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 40 $HIVE for 🥉
@theworldaroundme 133 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 25 $HIVE for 4️⃣
@x-rain 81 likes, reposts, comments, shares -> 25 $HIVE for 5️⃣
@ladytruckview missed the contest's deadline...

Our total team engagement score is 2,155 this week! Not bad! Also glad that we have a new winner each time! 😊🥂

Politics vs travel

This is the largest post this week, by @davideownzall:

https://www.threads.com/@zocomownz/post/DbMQkbCCPgZ

And the second-largest is one by @arsky:

https://www.threads.com/share/DwyN3UlGE/

But if you take a look at the comment scores of the two posts, @arsky wins. I believe that what the Threads algo wants from us: to be engagers. It gives us traffic and ask "please make your engager's work well, don't make me regret I believed in you". I just look at this from the general point of view: a social media platform with many likes and few comments looks dead, and it will never win one with many comments.

I had this thought that it might be that my cat account lost traction, as my viral kitty note post didn't generate much engagement in the comments and I didn't answer most of the comments. So, Threads gifted me huge traffic, but I did my work as an engager badly.

And, in the meantime, @theworldaroundme's blog without making super popular pots keep gathering subscribers. Another case to look at and draw conclusions.

Please share your thoughts and theories in the comments! Let's learn from each other!

If you haven't yet joined...

Anybody can enter the contest by posting stats of their four most popular Threads posts and 1 Threads comment below another Hiver's Threads post - check out (the details here). We don't share Hive links on Threads, but trying to grow our Threads skill and following.

Here is an example of an entry to the contest.

The list of Threads blogs of Hivers so far:

@arsky
Photography in Polish: https://www.threads.com/@photo.by.arsky
Travel: https://www.threads.com/@savedintheframe

@davideownzall
Politics: https://www.threads.com/@zocomownz

@ladytruckview
Photography: https://www.threads.com/@ciezarowka_przez_obiektyw

@neotopher
Personal: https://www.threads.com/@neotopher_4000

@roswelborges
Poetry, photography: https://www.threads.com/@roswelborges

@theworldaroundme
Health and nature: https://www.threads.com/@theartisan.alchemist
News and research: https://www.threads.com/@worlddigestjournal

@x-rain
Cats: https://www.threads.com/@kittizensoftheworld

The Rules

• 1 Hiver = 1 entry to this contest
• 1 Hiver can have up to 3 Threads blogs
• Your total engagement count (a total number of comments, likes, reposts, shares) must be 30 or more to be eligible for the prizes.

The deadline

Looking forward to seeing your entries for Threads contest #4 in the comments section below strictly no later than 13:00 UTC on August 11, 2026.