There is a thread with some pointers here. Lodestone links that tend to get overlooked, including a how-to on finding a party and setting your seeking flag.
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Or you could join other people in their grinding parties (usually people shout in Uldah so don't bother with limsa or gridania)
Please do not do this. There is a perfectly working party seeking interface and people need to use it. Instead you're just contributing to clogging up Ul'dah. It's bad enough present players are ignorant about it, let's not lead new ones in that direction