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There is no HN cabal... (Sorry for the other-other-other-site reference)

• InclinedPlane 13y ago
  I thought this was a reference to the backbone cabal of the '80s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone_cabal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone_cabal
  • timv 13y ago
    Yes, but indirectly. It was a relatively common theme on Kuro5hin (back when it had more than 2 stories per year...) that there was no K5 cabal (in reference to the backbone cabal) I was never a heavy usenet-er, so the K5 reference is the one that stays in my mind.