# Transparency strategies

**URL:** <https://discuss.coding.social/t/transparency-strategies/191>\
**Category:** Sustainable open social systems\
**Tags:** list, strategy\
**Created:** [November 7, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://discuss.coding.social/t/transparency-strategies/191 "2022-11-07T15:10:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![aschrijver](https://discuss.coding.social/user_avatar/discuss.coding.social/aschrijver/32/3_2.png) [@aschrijver](https://discuss.coding.social/u/aschrijver)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 6:14am UTC](https://discuss.coding.social/t/transparency-strategies/191/15 "2023-04-13T06:14:22Z")

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On the [W3C SWICG Mailing List](https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-swicg/2023Apr/0027.html) Hellekin mentions the term **selective opacity** in response to quoting Jack Dorsey:

> > Jack: I do believe absolute transparency builds trust.
> 
> Hellekin: I do believe selective opacity builds confidence.

Nice. Hints again at that there’s a sweet spot to find, and how that approach can be strategic in nature.

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