i went out on about 15 dates from girls from match.com or nerve.com, some were good, some were ok, and some were truely terrible. but that might just be because its LA
, i only had to change phone numbers once
lots use it coz its a lot easier to say no, and to spend time looking, i found that the "match to another " features don't really work, since they attempt to match you by the stuff you like, which isn't usually what people go for, its nice to have things in common but they do say opposites attracts, or is that just magnets.
all in all i'd say i was happy with the experience, i met a few cool people who are still friends, and some of them i'd never have met since we go in different circles.
a photo will get more hits, but the text of the message is what will get people writing to you.
match.com is ok, they charge a lot more, and they are hard to cancel no matter what the webpage says
i got more people writing to me from match than from nerve(statestreet)
I also didn't realize at first if you post to say nerve.com you end up on all the other sites that personals engine supplies, which caused a few embarrasing moments