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)

btw, yes I coined “Bluesky Elder” few know what it means I was referencing different groups from beta who had come to see Bluesky as a sort of safe haven, I was drawing attention to how it was becoming less safe at the time but everyone would rather think i was trying to be superior #BlueskyLore

also the person who coined the term "bluesky elder" eventually got ran off the site for being racist lol

i thought it was bee who coined bluesky elder

It's funny that Bee invented the term Bluesky Elder and she's not here to see it become an official designation.

"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…

it was a year ago. certified Bluesky Elder moment (she is the one who coined that phrase about the first years on a month-old website)

when he’s a bluesky elder with 1000+ blocks under his belt

I’ve evolved into my Bluesky elder form

bluesky elders

"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.