Talking in a room with no name. - We Can Just Do Things
"Bluesky" can mean at least four different things depending on the context. What do we mean exactly?
It’s a running joke based on a now thankfully forgotten poster who coined the term to describe those of us who’ve been here since the earlier invite era. To be clear, “bluesky elder” is deliberately self-deprecating and derogatory. The joke is it’s not a good thing (she thought it was tho)
"bluesky elder" is a meme from when some of the oldheads who signed up for bluesky in like january saw the influx of new users and tried to make a power play for manners and rules and what you can and can't do. Bee was in this and she called herself a "bluesky elder" which everyone promptly laughed
MOST IMPORTANTLY coined the phrase "bluesky elder", which i am still blocked by her for riffing on lol anyway, predatory skeeviness of the site back then makes a lot more sense when viewed in the lens of an online version of this vanityfair.com/news/2018/01/brotopia-silicon…
“Oh My God, This Is So F---ed Up”: Inside Silicon Valley’s Dark Side
www.vanityfair.com"but where are all the bluesky instances?" i've heard this so many times that i wrote an explainer
There Are No Instances in atproto — overreacted
overreacted.io"Don't Engage, Just Block" absolutely IS the Bluesky motto. The notion of a "Bluesky Elder" is vaguely ridiculous but the ONE THING that we oldheads are good for is telling the new folks that blocking without engagement is praxis, and encouraging them to do it early and often.
Nic Lake
"Don't Engage, Just Block" should be the Bluesky motto. We have a chance to start over and make this place better than the other place.
