Editing Backbone cabal (section)

== In internet culture ==
During most of its existence, the cabal (sometimes capitalized) steadfastly denied its own existence; those involved would often respond "[[There is no Cabal]]" (sometimes abbreviated as "TINC"'<ref>{{cite news |title=TINC
 |url=http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/T/TINC.html |publisher=[[The Jargon File]] |access-date=August 15, 2020 }}</ref>).

The result of this policy was an aura of mystery, even a decade after the cabal mailing list disbanded in late 1988 following an internal fight.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=backbone+cabal |title=backbone cabal |publisher=TechWeb|access-date=2007-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000916/http://www.techweb.com/encyclopedia/defineterm.jhtml?term=backbone+cabal |archive-date=2007-09-27}}</ref>