Been doing it since '97 on AOL, Blackplanet, Migente, Yahoo, I have met a small percentage of the females I have 'e-flirted' with, but I did it a lot. Most of the time I was in pursuit of a possible meeting. Majority of times I cancelled those plans for a variety of reasons.
Of the females I have met, all lived up to expectations, I've met just about 10 I'd say, flirted with hundreds though I am sure. I look at my buddy lists and well I never counted BUT a lot of names in there.
I've become friends with a few, had casual sex with a few and had a long term relationship with 2, including my current (who 'approached' me).
It is FREE and presure free. I would suggest it for anybody. As far as meeting them, I was extra extra careful and alwasy spoke on phone for a minute before considering a meeting. That was always public. It is really no different, and maybe even better than kickin it with a chick you met out at a club. You meet a girl at a club and know nothing about her. You seen her for a couple hours, I've had multiple conversations... You take her to your spot half drunk... I meet them all dolled up.
BUT I must admit to having never been very confident in my game, so I am sure that played a major role in its attractiveness to me. E-flirting did give me some practice I guess, This did help that a bit, I would say I could 'type' game with the best of them... same as saying lol Face - to face my confidence has grown somewhat but generally I still struggle saying what I could type. REMEMBER you can erase on the computer... once you open your mouth, well that is permanent ya feel me..