Really big numbers appear as links on the app

  • @[email protected]
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    41 month ago

    Sounds like a design oversight in the app. Probably worth reporting it as a bug.

    In parts of the world, long numbers are separated using commas. In other parts, they use periods. You clearly use periods.

    The app probably auto converts long period-segmented character strings into urls for user convenience. However, that interferes with users like you who post numbers.

  • @over_clox
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    41 month ago

    It’s being interpreted as an IP address. It shouldn’t do that if you use commas instead.

  • idunnololzM
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    31 month ago

    I’m not really sure there is a satisfying answer here other than making a setting for it. If I disable this feature outright then ip addresses will not show up as links. If I enable it then you get the issue you see. In either case I would assume that this is a pretty rare case. I’ll add it to the road map.

    • ByteMeOP
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      21 month ago

      But why would anyone share an IP address that must be clickable?

      • idunnololzM
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        21 month 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.

        • ByteMeOP
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          11 month ago

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

            • ByteMeOP
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              11 month ago

              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 :))

              • idunnololzM
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                21 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.