You guys are stating the blatantly obvious and reading way too much into this. Obviously there are pros and cons to online dating vs real world.
In my case I work in a really shitty location, when I get back to town I need contacts and dates organised-internet dating is invaluable.
Also, the inner game effects of having additional emails and phone calls from girls you may like that you wouldnt otherwise cannot be understated. If your real world gaming is doing it for you then again obviously internet dating is not needed. Mann I long to work in a city again.

decrease your privacy so that they can take a closer look at your pic and no you are defo not ugly.

Well a good advice , for sargin online would be to comment on girls that you actually know and are acquintanced to HB.Especially if some hot girl commented before you on the picture of the girl you know (in real life) ,she will see your comment because she will received a note that commented on her pic,and she will wonder who are you , and that's pretty much a definition of an IOI.She will add you if your comment is funny and trust me,you can make a funny comment on almost any pic , you just have to see the bigger picture.

Trust me , I know a friend who got a hot chick through this,it's not my result,but he got her.

You can get a girl's number online. But is it the point? It's just a number. If you can't use it to get further then it's like nothing. Other than that I still don't get the point of the whole thing. As for me I don't even care about what the girl might think when I message her. That she would freak out or be puzzled. That's NOT why I don't do online dating. It's simply that I don't want to date someone whom I haven't fucking talked to in person. I can't know how is she like through just online messages. I can't decide if she is worth of my time. She could just be a boring bitch or some bipolar lunatic. Or anything else troublesome that I could recognize from a few minutes of talking in person. If you grudge the time invested in meeting people then there is a problem with you that's all I can say. That's a sign of being severely antisocial. Also if you really want to date online then don't do it on facebook. That's weird. Use dating sites instead where tons of girls are just there for only this simple reason. Meet her up and decide if she is gf/fb material. But I could not imagine anything other than that to be reasonable.

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