How the observer wants to be shown on birds.place. One per account; the record key is always `self`. Every field is optional — a missing profile, or a missing field, falls back to what the wider network says about the account (an app.bsky.actor.profile display name, then the handle). This record exists so that never having used Bluesky is a first-class situation.
Record Key
literal:self
Fixed literal value
Properties
createdAt
string
datetime
Required
Client-declared timestamp for when the profile was first created. Preserved across edits.
displayName
string
Optional
The name to show beside this observer's sightings, in place of their handle.
maxLength: 640 bytesmaxGraphemes: 64 graphemesupdatedAt
string
datetime
Optional
Client-declared timestamp for the most recent edit.
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{
"description": "How the observer wants to be shown on birds.place. One per account; the record key is always `self`. Every field is optional — a missing profile, or a missing field, falls back to what the wider network says about the account (an app.bsky.actor.profile display name, then the handle). This record exists so that never having used Bluesky is a first-class situation.",
"key": "literal:self",
"record": {
"properties": {
"createdAt": {
"description": "Client-declared timestamp for when the profile was first created. Preserved across edits.",
"format": "datetime",
"type": "string"
},
"displayName": {
"description": "The name to show beside this observer's sightings, in place of their handle.",
"maxGraphemes": 64,
"maxLength": 640,
"type": "string"
},
"updatedAt": {
"description": "Client-declared timestamp for the most recent edit.",
"format": "datetime",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"createdAt"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": "record"
}