Ask HN: How did localhost get recorded as a HN submission domain?

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https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=127.0.0.1

How did local host get recorded as a submission domain? What’s this even about?

There's nothing stopping you from going to the submit page and putting http://127.0.0.1/ in the box.

Ok makes sense.