To society online dating is still relitively new and unkown and the first question people seem to ask is “does it really work” and he answer is yes, but… Online dating is really no different than meeting people in your everyday life such as at the mall, a bar, or through mutual friends. The only real difference is that you don’t have that initial face to face contact which can be a good thing or a bad thing depending on how you choose to percieve it. On the downside you don’t really get too much of a sense of a person through text alone, and as always there will be people who use older photos or even worse, photos that aren’t even of them! But on the upside you can find out so much information about a person through their profile alone, this allows you to search and filter through many more people than you ever would be able to in everyday life.
Now as far as results go, everybody will have a different experience with online dating. Some will see immediate “success” while others can’t seem to find anybody they connect with for what seems years and years. The best way to take advantage of online dating is not to set yourself up in a limited box, but see how far you’re able to expand yourself so that you can meet more and more people, if nothing else at least you’ll make new friends.