r/coldturkeyblocker rules, stats, and what to post

This is the official subreddit for Cold Turkey Blocker, a distraction blocker for Windows and macOS. People come here to talk about the app and about blocking distractions in general. From the rules, the room also handles questions and discussion about the blocker, while support requests go to the website and feature requests live in one stickied post.

Three rules decide almost everything here. “No self promotion.” bans promoting your own thing, and “No spam.” backs it up, so any post that reads like marketing is at risk. “Must be related to Cold Turkey Blocker or blocking distractions.” sets the topic boundary, so a general productivity post can be removed for being off topic. “Don't post workarounds, request support from the website instead.” matters if you write about bypassing or troubleshooting the blocker, and “Feature requests are only allowed in the stickied post.” means feature ideas have one approved home. “Replies from the developer are not guaranteed here.” is worth knowing before you post a question and wait.

For a founder doing respectful marketing, the honest answer is that this community is hard to post into, because self promotion is banned outright. What works is joining conversations as a user of the blocker, sharing your own experience with blocking distractions, and answering questions from real usage. If you have a genuine feature idea, put it in the stickied feature request post and nowhere else. If you want to understand what focus tool users complain about and wish for, reading this subreddit is more valuable than posting in it.

The clear removal triggers are self promotion, spam, harassment, workarounds, off topic posts, and feature requests posted outside the stickied thread. A founder should also not treat this as a support channel, because the rules say developer replies are not guaranteed and support belongs on the website. Anything that reads as marketing, even soft marketing, runs into the self promotion rule.

This is one of the strictest rooms I have written about, because self promotion is banned outright and even feature requests are locked to one stickied post. I also find it interesting that the rules tell you upfront that the developer may not reply here, which sets honest expectations. If you build anything in the focus and productivity space, treat this subreddit as a place to listen, not a place to launch.