Allowing access to certain sub-reddits while blocking the rest of Reddit

Reddit can be a distracting place but it can also be very useful. It's possible to set up Focus Bear so you block Reddit by default but allow access to certain safe sub-reddits.

To do that, make a new focus mode (or edit an existing one) and add the sub-reddit of interest to the allowed URLs list:

You can also add allowed keywords:

Any page that contains that keyword will be allowed even if it's on Reddit.

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