I have much better chances finding groups during events like MK and this past weekend due to being put into LA overflow and being able to advertise in /m and get people from other servers (who I add to friends list if they are good).
Seems like a quick easy option for LFG is to make an overflow server without chat restrictions where everyone who is LFG can congregate. The suppression alone is annoying enough when trying to LFM and compete with fractal spam in LA.
It would also be really nice if we could add a line of customized text to our profile that shows up in friends lists when they mouseover your name. Iit would be nice to change it so it reflects what I am looking for when my LFG flag is on, kind of like what I remember from FFXI days, e.g. “XP PT JP ONRY” so I can do other stuff while still LFG.