On the ebay rant...

[mswoo.livejournal.com]

Alt.gothic.fashion members introduced the code term "agf" for their eBay postings a few years ago, because they had the same problem with people calling all kinds of junk "gothic". By including the code in your search terms, you know that your findings are usually just from people who know & understand gothic fashion. It really helps to cut down on the number of peach velvet tops and old prom dresses that turn up when your searching for gothic clothes!

Maybe we could encourage the use of a similar code ( "egl" seems to make sense ) to denote Elegant Lolita and Gothic Lolita clothes auctions. There are waaaay too many people using the terms "gothic lolita" for stuff that's not really related, maybe a codeword could help!

Oh, and hello *waves*

EDITED TO ADD: or maybe not "egl" - it's a term used for diamond buyers, apparently, and turns up hundreds of auctions. Hrm... any other suggestions?

Comments

[machinegirl.livejournal.com]

jegl? japanese elegant gothic lolita?

[alternakittyn.livejournal.com]

perhaps just G&L?

Hmm...

[greysumi.livejournal.com]

I remember when AGF started the agf tag on auctions... it was later taken up by some of the cheesy gothic sellers who had no clue what it meant, but it's still a decent filter.

jgl might be a good idea simply because it uses fewer letters, taking up less space on the title bar. G&L calls up too many hits and jegl takes up maybe unnecessary letters?

Down side to the abbreviation is you lose all of the people who searched by "gothic" too. jgl could be worth a try?