soc.bi code

The soc.bi Code is intended for bisexual-oriented newsgroup soc.bi. It includes some serious sexual identification (orientation, amory) but also some inside jokes (cabal affiliation, silk shirts).

The use of “cabal” here seems to be in line with the notion of USENET cabals or There Is No Cabal, as described in the soc.bi FAQ (1995):

B14. What’s all this about a cabal?

Some people make jokes about a “soc.bi cabal” of people who know each other and make secret decisions about the group. But although some of us have met each other, others haven’t, and there really is nothing secret going on. The FAQ contributors would like to categorically deny this. Of course, if we were all in a secret cabal together, we would, wouldn’t we - so ultimately you’ll just have to make your own mind up.