this is exactly why you must add this field

wait a minute could I abuse the self-labelling system for this

Ignore paul, use the label field for whatever you like. This is the free internet.

👍 cool cool

WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY

wait so what’s the conclusion of abusing labels for this case specifically. Should I do something more like unspeccedPostedBy: “Graysky” on the post itself (if that’s possible). Or abuse facets instead?

what effect are you hoping for?

an indicator of the client it was posted from

probably the best move would be to propose a lexicon change, second best would be an off spec field that’s maybe an object for that kind of metadata

if the goal is for other clients to be able to render this info then you ideally want to think very generally, like a display name and a URL

Yeah true I’m probably not thinking big enough here. My primary motivation is so I can ask Jaz to see the stats on graysky posts lol

just add an "app.graysky.metadata.version": "blah" field to your post records

Good idea, thanks

fwiw I’d suggest designing the field as if it’s official; the ideal is it gets upstreamed, right?

I mean I'd just expect reverse domain labeled keys with something like "com.atproto.*" being the most canonical followed by "app.bsky.*"

We try to avoid syntaxes like that in the key names

IMHO it encourages experimentation by setting clear rules and the possibility of things being incorporated upstream.. otherwise it's a free for all.. what about PDS' adding their own labels or middle tiers? Don't want them stepping on each other's labels..

100% agree. The trick is finding ways for us to avoid clobbering each other and to potentially support each other’s features and avoid blockers to doing so.