It is quite disturbing. Also consider what was said and asked in the proposal of July 28, 2023 (post here so you can read for yourself) to get those results:
Notice that on July 28, 2023, there was no talk of creators and consumers, and nor was there this further slide of the goalpost we are seeing in the comments recently about "Well, 90 percent of people on social media are consumers, so ... ." But if I were on the hook for $241K, and asking for $453K more, I would understand the temptation to slide the goalposts too, if I thought I could get away with it.
I think your ask was very reasonable for 1,000, given that in July we see that there were supposed to be regularly published lists of users. Shouldn't be hard out of 13,000 to find 1,000 if that was done!