Quoting: southern
People who meet through internet are usually more shy than average people who meet in parties,cafes,clubs
i disagree :) Im not shy. I moved to another city and used match.com to find people of similar interests - it worled a treat! i made several new friends and my current GF! (now 2 years together!)
For me it was just another means of finding someone in a crowded place :) She and I were in different cities too and would not have met otherwise. It depends on what your looking to get out of it.
I wasn't looking for a girl in a club and was just in the new city and Dublin is not reputed for being able to pick up people in cafes and clubs (well, sober and for long term rels)
Its a very big deal in the major cities and a new way to find people, i even think it gives you more of a chance to find people you click with. IE you fill out your preferences, who you are what you are looking for etc. and you can meet people IF you choose to. I find its a great conversational piece too 'So why did you try online? Or im so glad we could meet and talking about this and that. it adds to conversation.
The amount of people i met the ways mentioned above, some where great but had such baggage in the end (like many of us) (and im not saying the net way has no baggage, it can have more - you gotta sniff it out ;) email first etc) but i found that it was great in finding people with similar interests first and working from there so you had a better chance of finding someone you like....
i recommend people try it.