You act as if there's no big differences between randomly chatting up a girl on myspace or whatever and doing the same in a park somewhere...
I never said anything remotely like that. My only point is that either way, you're still talking to a real person, and it should be viewed as such.

The difference between here and say, match.com is that this site isn't intended for dating, if it happens then great. But actively looking for love online is a bit desperate or at the very least lazy any way you slice it.
But the one proves that the other is perfectly plausible. What about people who have trouble talking to strangers in person? What about people who have tried dating in person and had trouble? What about people who are trying to find a relationship both offline and online, and are just being open to anything? It seems like you're casting a wide, sweeping judgment on all dating activity which starts over the internet.