Really big numbers appear as links on the app

  • idunnololz@lemmy.worldM
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    11 days ago

    I’m not sure if you know this but a lot of websites are accessible by their IP address. As an example 1.1.1.1. It’s definitely a niche use case but it sometimes happens because sometimes a website doesn’t have a domain name or in cases where there are DNS issues. Another use case is linking to a local host. Eg. 192.168.1.1 which is commonly used for a router or 127.0.0.1 which is called a loopback IP.