I'm not actually sure about efficiency myself - I'm not really a big numbers person haha. @novacanadian might help?
As for Hivewatchers, mainly are looking for people who cheat the system via plagiarism, AI etc but if you go to their Discord you'll find out more. Nothing to worry about if you are doing right thing.
Hive is complicated, I agree. It makes for a really interesting ride though! It's a grand experiment - things do change a lot and you'll learn as you go. Like all social media platforms, it has good sides and down sides, except I think there's way more positives.
There was a big discussion about Hivewatchers a few weeks ago.
Missed that.
Got a link or two?
https://peakd.com/@kryptodenno/posts
https://peakd.com/@kryptodenno
And a few others.
Sadly most of the comments on that one are German.
Hivewatchers altered my community that there was farmers, we blocked as many as we were able.
You need someone who is watching, but the rules are not very clear.