Thursday, November 11, 2010

CABAL

cabal:

- a political coterie or a group secretly united in a plot
- group; club

Example: But though the pattern is clear — anti-McCain stories are much more likely to be buried — identifying who's responsible is more difficult. The majority of a Digg's user's actions on the site — including which stories they submitted, voted for, and commented on — are archived and publicly viewable. But information about who buries stories is invisible. Any 'Bury Brigade,' whether it's a formally organized cabal or a group of like-minded, independent activists, cannot be detected by publicly available means. [Reference: Los Angeles Times, Digg Bury Brigade: 28 negative McCain stories buried in 30 days 09:23 AM PT, Aug 11 2008]

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