Stefan

GardenState.social Admin

he/him #javascript #nj #indiepop #developer #memes #feministAdvocate #tv #progressive #NewJersey #GardenState #cryptoSkeptic #tfr #fedi22

website: https://stefanhayden.com
github: https://github.com/stefanhayden
Mastofind: Stefan (npub1jg6…k7hx)">https://verified.thecanadian.social/people/Stefan (npub1jg6…k7hx)

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npub1jg633rf6f002s3pkwekc43jk4pt0wxtctue6ssuk955sepdpyv8sr4k7hx

NIP-05 Address

stefan_at_gardenstate.social@momostr.pink

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2026-04-28 04:12:41 UTC

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I would love to think of a name that would let me hire someone to make some cool ass art for it

2026-04-28 03:44:18 UTC

RE: https://gardenstate.social/@stefan/116426668435789147
IF YOU WERE BUILDING A MASTODON ADMIN APP WHAT WOULD YOU NAME IT???
#note1asj…nzep

2026-04-28 01:20:34 UTC

RE: https://gardenstate.social/@stefan/116426668435789147
I have no idea what I am doing, but tomorrow I will demo this mastodon app to monitor new account signups at #FediForum in a brief 5 minute demo. The speed demos start at 8am PST!
https://fediforum.org/
I've been doing short demos for years so I hope I can nail it!
#note1asj…nzep

2026-04-18 16:32:54 UTC

As a volunteer mastodon admin I HAVE to balance growing a community with managing my time.
One way this comes up is new account registrations. Approval or Open is the eternal battle I see happen. I hate it.
I want open registration but not loose my life to battling new account spam.
So here is a screenshot of the tool I built. It checks new accounts and grades them and then silences or bans them based on 54 different properties. It's not perfect but seems to work for me.
#mastoAdmin
https://gardenstate-social.s3.bhs.io.cloud.ovh.net/media_attachments/files/116/426/616/009/896/362/original/b16cf492b8ff6f87.png

2026-04-05 14:20:18 UTC

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also @npub1xpr…wfz0

2026-04-05 14:09:26 UTC

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we're just the tip of the spear!

2026-04-05 13:35:54 UTC

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thanks! I always appreciate your feedback and support!

2026-04-05 13:24:19 UTC

NEW MASTODON BROWSER PLUGIN
FF: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/mastodon-hashtag-helper/
Chrome: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/mastodon-hashtag-helper/cajmebgmalmdnhiemmedmnkfkahgecnp
Tried of trying to type hashtags correctly with proper capitalization? NO MORE. This plugin will track your 25 most used hashtags and add them to the post composer with 1 click. Also with edit more for easy delete from list.
#mastodon #plugin #firefox #chrome #webDev
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2026-03-27 12:26:29 UTC

Starting to think I will miss no kings because I was already pressed for time and now I have sprained my ankle.

2026-03-27 12:21:17 UTC

I can never thank the #GardenStateSocial community enough for the amazing financial support of New Jersey's biggest, oldest, and best mastodon server.
I use the funds to not only pay our amazing host @npub1dqg…nfp9 but also to find artists and fund NJ exclusive art.
Do you know an artist who you love their work? Or Have an idea for New Jersey art? Reply!
https://www.patreon.com/gardenstatesocial
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/301/091/911/705/713/original/96eb4e0c4b9acb56.png

2026-03-27 12:15:31 UTC

He's going to try and rename America in the next 3 years

2026-03-04 00:59:55 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.plus/@Hotchka/116168180595366387
I still need to watch this show!
#note175h…u0z9

2026-02-22 16:33:33 UTC

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every time I close my eyes I'm like "I wish every UI was this good"

2026-02-18 03:17:06 UTC

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i have a desktop from ibuypower and just like to click the suspend option.
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/116/089/448/019/030/298/original/93d04b2ae09b659a.png

2026-02-18 02:31:32 UTC

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i shall persist but I'm not going to simp for linux!

2026-02-18 02:03:07 UTC

apps really freak out on ubuntu when coming back from sleep/ suspend/ logged out. Some appear but I can't click them. some have weird shadows on the borders. It's a hot mess.
How long do I have to use ubuntu before people will let me say that Windows is less buggy then Linux?
#ubuntu

2026-01-18 17:00:34 UTC

RE: https://cosocial.ca/@evan/115917090541145326
Truly the correct answer in my book!
#note1exq…fhjl

2026-01-15 20:18:06 UTC

I have a broad range of interests and am mediocre at all of them!

2026-01-13 17:23:46 UTC

RE: https://theforkiverse.com/@pj/115888532620954856
this makes this the 29th biggest server on the fediverse which I guess just highlights how centralized and small the whole fediverse operation is.
https://fedidb.com/servers
#note176p…6r6y

2026-01-03 17:43:09 UTC

Venezuela will be administered by "a group of people"?
I think he means oligarchs?
#uspol

2025-12-12 12:42:28 UTC

What % of you posts are DMs on mastodon?
#poll

2025-11-27 02:55:26 UTC

got to say Stranger Things could have really used an "oh no the upside down is aging us too fast" speech at some point.

2025-11-21 23:57:17 UTC

LIVE: Trump and Mamdani meeting at the White House (FULL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzw8efnogo
#uspol #nyc

2025-11-05 02:33:03 UTC

https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/494/746/210/389/132/original/5095216adb76b501.png

2025-11-04 23:56:13 UTC

Follow Today's Major Elections!
➡️ New Jersey Governor's Race -
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-new-jersey-2025-gubernatorial-election
➡️ California Prop 50 -
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-california-2025-election-on-proposition-50
➡️ Virginia Governor's Race -
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-virginia-2025-gubernatorial-election
➡️ New York City Mayoral Race -
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/live-results-new-york-city-2025-mayoral-election
➡️ Miami Mayoral Race -
https://election-night.decisiondeskhq.com/date/2025-11-04/states/Florida
#uspol #NewJersey #nyc #virgina #miami

2025-10-30 00:28:16 UTC

this is a wild idea. I love the meme but also people will pay money for this?
ATLA Cabbage Merchant Is Getting a MAGIC: THE GATHERING Collection
https://nerdist.com/article/cabbage-merchant-secret-lair-drop-magic-the-gathering-avatar-the-last-airbender-collection/

2025-10-10 00:21:53 UTC

AI Coding Sucks by Syntax
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZUkQF6boNg
#webdev #coding

2025-09-18 01:47:01 UTC

Just a normal government employee
#uspol
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/115/222/771/928/740/164/original/42c4987546764da4.png

2025-07-29 16:32:05 UTC

if email is the future of media we need better email clients.

2025-07-27 00:06:52 UTC

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I wish you could force new accounts in limited mode. So folks could sign up but would signups need approval to start messaging others.

2025-07-20 00:07:09 UTC

The full superhuman samurai syber squad series is on youtube. All 53 episodes.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL02VbDA0dQ7QZO_2TCG_xWVSEKO3XCxH5
#tv #90s #retro #completeSeries

2025-07-14 21:09:03 UTC

I feel like some people lost the thread on this one. everyone needs to chill.
#videogames
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2025-07-12 21:11:05 UTC

this isn't the retro I remember... by harke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrB1WrX5A90
#youtube #retrocomputing

2025-07-06 14:17:17 UTC

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a very tedious article! Drama in the modern art world sounds like some of the best modern art to me.

2025-07-05 17:53:50 UTC

Hard to believe The Sandman got a season season. anyone actually watching it?
#tv #sandman

2025-07-04 14:31:03 UTC

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that looks super cool!

2025-06-27 03:58:42 UTC

The Washington post isn't so bad.
#uspol
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2025-06-22 14:20:20 UTC

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I got it all documented as best I could even though it did change much!
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/chinese-censorship-or-work-elsewhere-inside-shutterstock-s-free-speech-n1144211

2025-06-22 14:04:37 UTC

For some reason my old billionaire boss who hates me didn't block me on Instagram and his stories are the dumbest takes on every topic.

2025-06-11 23:11:33 UTC

This could be great!
Cartoon Network Studios is expanding the beloved “Steven Universe” franchise with a brand-new series, “Steven Universe: Lars of the Stars,” now in development for Prime Video.
https://variety.com/2025/tv/global/steven-universe-lars-of-the-stars-annecy-teen-titans-go-1236427960/
#StevenUniverse

2025-06-05 22:42:12 UTC

I expect this all to amount to nothing. But I guess we'll see.
#uspol

2025-05-31 01:01:20 UTC

Every one remembers the age they were when they finally realise that "I'll let you go" means "I want to leave"

2025-05-26 14:13:32 UTC

Hey #Fediverse, do you love #TV? I've launched a new app to track your tv in a single user app with #activitypub support!
After you watch give my github repo a ⭐ ! https://github.com/stefanhayden/tvmarks
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/574/531/832/760/030/original/6ae935dd88f1ceee.mp4

2025-05-26 03:14:34 UTC

@npub1l2k…6m2l hello! I just recently launch #Tvmarks a cousin app of postmarks.
Tvmarks lets you track shows you are watching and mark episodes as watched. It also can post your activity to a federated account just like postmark.
githuib: https://github.com/stefanhayden/tvmarks
my instance: https://tv.stefanhayden.com/
my instance federated account: @npub1r8q…6ved

2025-05-25 21:25:26 UTC

I DID IT. I only had 2 #glitch apps I cared about but I'm off glitch now. Both now on digitalocean with caddy as my reverse proxy and pm2 running the app.
my #postmarks https://links.stefanhayden.com/
my #tvmarks https://tv.stefanhayden.com/

2025-05-25 15:55:39 UTC

fuck nginx. just got caddy up and running and it works so well I feel like I'm missing something.
how does https just work? do I want to know or can I just enjoy my life?
#webdev

2025-05-14 18:30:32 UTC

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they should call it HBO Super Max+ or something.

2025-05-10 02:37:21 UTC

Figma Sites is worse than you might have thought by Kevin Powell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsFIvULxkHI
#webdev #figma

2025-05-09 23:00:27 UTC

Rep. Bob Menendez, who intervened when ICE put their hands on two female colleagues, is speaking outside the ICE facility in Newark, where Mayor Baraka was arrested.
#NewJersey #uspol
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/114/480/356/924/912/924/original/6ef26f0854e88ca7.mp4

2025-04-22 02:28:25 UTC

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what a great show!

2025-04-11 22:26:30 UTC

Sure $450 is a lot for Switch 2 but here is other other consoles adjusted for inflation:
Switch 2: $390
WiiU: $416
Wii: $395
Gamecube: $359
N64: $405
SNES: $453
NES: $532
#videogames #switch #switch2

2025-03-10 21:40:16 UTC

can tesla stock still drop low enough the twitter loan defaults? or was that never real?

2025-03-10 18:33:36 UTC

If you don't follow @npub1slf…r495 then why are you embarrassing yourself?
FOLLOW THEM NOW!

2025-03-03 03:59:07 UTC

Thanks to the @npub1ucs…khzn for great #oscars coverage!

2025-02-23 17:09:02 UTC

Why are there no indie search engines? There must be some way to simply build a mini personal search engine.
#webdev

2025-02-22 01:36:33 UTC

AOC's Speech at NY Rally with Federal Workers | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSilE1oyQYM
#uspol #aoc #speach #rally

2025-02-09 20:30:43 UTC

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some businessmen can capture attention.

2025-02-09 20:27:24 UTC

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"It's funny that was the critique of Obama, he's a big celebrity and like yeah that's why he won, he was a big celebrity. Maybe try to run someone that everyone wants to be around and thinks is cool that is interesting"

2025-02-09 18:46:18 UTC

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"The central political challenge of our time is living in a society where attention is the most valuable resource and and I worry that that is basically incompatible with living in a functioning democracy"

2025-02-09 18:35:25 UTC

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"reciprocity is what relationships are based on"

2025-02-09 18:34:06 UTC

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"Humans seek recognition but what social media gives us is attention"

2025-02-09 18:30:53 UTC

Don't miss this one.
Chris Hayes on Fighting Trump & Right-Wing Personalities in the Media https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPxuV5aNP64
#uspol

2025-02-07 15:32:52 UTC

anyone know who made this A+ meme?
#meme #Mastodon
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/963/325/804/350/831/original/9327cfd79bea0928.png

2025-02-04 14:31:37 UTC

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after learning more sounds like they do a bunch of other very good stuff!

2025-02-02 00:28:30 UTC

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tbh I never really heard of it but it does have the word AID in it so that sure sounds good. I LIKE AID!

2025-01-25 00:18:26 UTC

I wonder how big #mastodon would be if it had the same number of bots as bluesky?

2025-01-23 12:58:59 UTC

Someone should make an activity pub based email client.
this is a joke but also why not.

2025-01-23 00:19:23 UTC

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idk you're describing problems I've not seen but sounds like this plan just get rid of the good stuff.

2025-01-23 00:08:38 UTC

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that's what every hiring I've been part of has done and it disproportionately hires white men because they are the ones the hiring managers find first.

2025-01-22 23:35:03 UTC

What does this even mean? Like if you have a meeting or just hiring non-white men?
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/874/625/211/269/264/original/aa53563ff8b282f7.png

2025-01-19 14:13:22 UTC

No one said it was too hard when you were picking a geocities neighborhood.

2025-01-19 03:47:30 UTC

someone here on mastodon has a working VPN and a #tiktok account. Does it work?

2025-01-18 14:52:18 UTC

YOU HAVE TO SEE this Chris Hayes clip about how when AOL crumbled what emerged was RSS and small websites that rewarded curiosity, hobbies, obsessive small corners of knowledge.
"It's already been the case once that an open internet, animated by curiosity, defeated a closed commercial internet"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qgcdl7pFNE&t=3998s
#Mastodon #bluesky #SmallWeb #rss

2025-01-16 14:41:14 UTC

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Beetlejuice?

2025-01-11 00:30:37 UTC

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great colors!

2025-01-09 22:23:42 UTC

Amazing. Matt Mercer from Critical Role says Fuck AI after it gives him wrong D&D answers.
#criticalRole #dnd #ai
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/800/733/735/838/857/original/a6ede7bc775e1f8a.mp4

2025-01-02 12:31:41 UTC

watched a video where they talked about using ChatGPT but they called it ChatGipity.
I stop watching the video but saying ChatGipity is more fun then I want it to be.

2024-12-30 02:44:13 UTC

Just finished the main game for the FF7 remake. It was worth it for the nostalgia. Some parts of how it was lengthened was good but the side quests felt a little empty. I liked the battle system enough till the end when it wanted me to be way better then the rest of the game. kind of happy it had an "so easy it plays it self mode" but a shame I suck so bad I needed it.
#videogames #ffvii #FinalFantasyVIIRemake

2024-12-29 16:25:01 UTC

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love it!

2024-12-28 03:07:39 UTC

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what a great show.

2024-12-26 02:21:43 UTC

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even when AI does something cool (seems rare) I can't enjoy it. it sucks.

2024-12-26 02:20:41 UTC

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yeah 100% feel the same.

2024-12-22 00:58:09 UTC

Star Trek: Lower Decks | Recording Studio Behind-The-Scenes | Paramount+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr00ZcH8TU0
#lowerdecks #startrek

2024-12-20 15:09:57 UTC

WTF is up with all these digital stores that have no implemented gifting???
- google play
- brawlstars
- Nintendo eShop

2024-12-20 15:05:04 UTC

@npub1p09…m5vl hello cat

2024-12-20 04:10:41 UTC

Finally a video for me.
Why Useless Knowledge Can Be So Useful by Be Smart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KELjtarJ2TY

2024-12-19 13:35:47 UTC

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I have a lot of those same youtube issues on FF on windows but I have not tested turning off my ad blocker. I often have to open up the firefox task manager and kill multi-gigabite youtube processes.

2024-12-11 14:35:56 UTC

Has any book been published with an accompanied original sound track?

2024-12-01 18:02:15 UTC

Much to no ones surprise my bridged fediverse account over to bluesky is not shooting up in followers.

2024-11-29 15:44:54 UTC

Personally I see activity pub and RSS the same. RSS is everywhere but you don't think about it. The goal for AP is to disappear. For Bluesky and Threads and Mastodon to be apps to access a broad portion of the network and for users to not care which they are on.

2024-11-29 02:16:25 UTC

Everything you do is only a mix if 3 things:
1. survival
2. reproduction
3. art

2024-11-27 03:58:28 UTC

Just found this saved on my computer but I have no idea who drew it.
#NewJersey
https://gardenstate.social/system/media_attachments/files/113/552/907/644/689/123/original/c3b498da96bbb31f.jpg

2024-11-26 15:15:11 UTC

Holy shit. So much talk about how the dems don't give enough attention to smaller media (podcasts).
BUT right here we learn Hot Ones (and others) rejected a Kamala appearance because they did not want to get in to politics. FUCK.
There is this other talking point that "Rogan isn't political he talks to anyone" but if the only two types of non political podcasts are ones with Republicans and ones with no politicians then we are fucked.
fuck you Hot Ones.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZOpWp02WVs&t=3320s
#kamala2024

2024-11-23 15:01:16 UTC

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I wish mastodon let you set hours of open registration and hours of review registration.
Also I wish you could set signup to start as a limited account that could then be promoted later.

2024-11-23 14:53:22 UTC

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a great question for @npub1s20…twmm who runs that instance.

2024-11-22 14:41:55 UTC

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amazing!

2024-11-20 14:50:40 UTC

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this is an amazing breakdown!
I have advocated for building a plugin api so the core mastodon team does not need to rubber stamp and support every idea. Do you have any thoughts on if that makes sense and any benefits or drawbacks?

2024-11-16 01:26:03 UTC

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do you have the link for the short?

2024-11-13 22:38:31 UTC

This video game can not download fast enough. save me from this world.

2024-11-10 15:54:04 UTC

If you find yourself of a different social network remember it's free to mention the shocking number of people on mastodon. they would be shocked to learn that.