On the other side of that argument, people who are looking forward to meta being introduced to the site would be very disappointed to see meta become difficult to access via searches, feeds and subscriptions. There are always going to be people displeased with various decisions that are made, but for this particular issue I have confidence that AO3 and OTW will do their best to satisfy both people who want to read meta and people who don't.
As far as having no confidence that meta will be tagged appropriately--that can be said about any tag available on the archive.
Creating a permanent opt-out option and compulsory tag for meta (for which a radio button option of Fic/Meta/Podfic/Vid/etc./Other, like the Work Rating buttons, would ensure that at least most works are tagged) does not make it difficult to find for those who want to read it. Having it categorized separately would only make it easier for those who wish to read meta on a fanwork archive to track down meta instead of fic and multimedia links.
This seems eminently sensible. Identifying whether the record in question is podfic, fic, art, meta or whatever in a mandatory selection box would streamline things a lot, now that we've moved beyond simply hosting stories.
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kelcat Fri 15 Feb 2013 09:42PM UTC
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