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.

[–] ByteMe 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah but in that case, if someone wants to share an IP address, why not use the markdown link method?

[–] idunnololz 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Fair enough

[–] ByteMe 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Also, ip address dont lool like xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx most of the time, they look like x.x.x.x or xxx.xxx.x.x :))

[–] idunnololz 2 points 1 month ago

Anything from 0.0.0.0 to 255.255.255.255 is a valid IP address. Of course some IPs are more common than others based on the context. Certain ranges are used for certain things.