Not a volunteer, but it's a way to group fandoms together to more easily think about them.
For example, if Greater London was the metatag, then the actual City of London (the original book) would be a subtag. Westminster would be the spinoff series that's still part of the same universe. Some adaptations are basically the same thing as the original, so they're combined into a single tag, like Kensington and Chelsea, would still be a subtag if there's a metatag, but it makes more sense to treat them as basically the same thing.
But just because two fandoms are similar doesn't mean they'll be grouped together under a metatag. A tag completely unrelated but by the same author (Milton Keynes) would be its own thing. Same thing happens if there are fandoms with the same name but are completely different. Like a completely separate London like London, Canada. Sure, it might be similar and inspired by the original (and might have plagiarized some names here and there), but it's completely distinct, and fans of the actual London aren't looking for the Canadian town when they're talking about Greater London, so it would be an example of something that doesn't belong under a metatag.
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