Add a meta tag feed to the "latest things" page

[noracharles]

Title:
Add a meta tag feed to the "latest things" page

Area:
tags, latest things feed

Summary:
The Latest Things page (http://www.dreamwidth.org/latest) could include a tag feed to journal entries tagged "meta".

Description:
There's a lot of interesting content being posted about fandom which only gets linked to by specific fandom newsletters, or only is read by users who subscribe to the author's journal, but which would be of general interest to all fans.

Opt out suggestion: I think that a "meta" tag feed on the Latest Things page would help maintain and build discussions and content here on dreamwidth, and not just on the mirror journals the meta may be cross-posted to.

Possible drawbacks: Not all users would know to apply the meta tag if they wanted to be in the feed.

Not all users who use that tag might want to be in the feed.

If you would like for the "meta" tag feed to be implemented, which tags should be considered synonyms of the "meta" tag? I've seen "meta", "fandom" and "fandom: meta" commonly used.

Please consider "Should be implemented as-is" a vote for this first, opt out suggestion.

Alternate, opt in suggestion: A tag feed of journal entries tagged "meta feed".

A tag like that is unlikely to be applied by anyone who has not heard of the tag feed and wishes to be on it.

Drawback: People would need to be told about it for it to work.

(Edited to fix formattting fail, sorry about that.)

Poll #1962 Add a meta tag feed to the "latest things" page

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32

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Should be implemented as-is.
11 (34.4%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
5 (15.6%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
8 (25.0%)

(I have no opinion)
6 (18.8%)

(Other: please comment)
2 (6.2%)