Karl A L Smith

human knowledge belongs to the world

Context Collapse

How Context Collapse Changed My Thinking About All Me

When I started designing All Me in 2023, I believed the primary problem I was trying to solve was privacy. At the time, my focus was on creating a safer digital environment for people. The concerns were familiar ones: surveillance-based…

Five critical human needs met by privacy-first social

Based on the social media landscape of 2026, All me appears to fill several critical human “needs” that mainstream platforms have either created or failed to address. Visual Breakdown of the Critical Needs: Top-Left: Consent Fatigue & Complexity. A user…