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I'm surprised there isn't a rumour about a secret HN board accessible by invitation only.

I think you just started one.

I'll propagate it.

There is no HN cabal...

(Sorry for the other-other-other-site reference)

I thought this was a reference to the backbone cabal of the '80s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone_cabal

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.

Those of us on the Board don't like to brag.

I thought HN was just a holding area for people not cool enough for lobste.rs anyway?

The first rule of about the Secret HN Board is: You do not talk about Secret HN Board.

The second rule of Secret HN Board is: You do not talk about secret HN Board.

There is a YC participants only board though, isn't there?

I think you have to have higher karma than pg. He doesn't qualify for his own number.

Wait, that number is "karma" ? I thought it was that Bitcoin thing...