For me, I don't consider this an incentive it's just prop to encourage or attract the community to answer the survey.
Hm, both are synonymous to me since incentive is defined as "something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action" as well. In this case, it's the chance to win 500 bucks.
I hope the distribution of prizes changes; it would be great if it's not just one person who wins. It would be ideal if the winners could be divided into five, so that more people would be happy to win. Right?
Agreed!
Only one person wins the award. It's too late to change the draw rules again (many people have answered the survey with the current expectations). The monetary reward is indeed there, because otherwise no one would respond to our survey (originally tested with the smaller reward).
You could try to solicit opinions from participants but I'm not sure if you have the time for that lol which would be understandable.
PS: good luck to everyone who participated! ✌