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PERSONALLY...
Me and a couple of friends look through some of these that post profiles and pictures and we send each other the worst ones. Occassionally, hilarity ensues. I found one in which it had obviously submitted by someone as a prank, revenge, < insert motive here > and it was one of the funniest things I have ever read/seen. DAMN funny stuff.
I met my spouse online (not a dating service, though) - we posted at the same guitar related sites, and we both have the same wicked hateful attitude. As it turned out, one of us had a guitar that the other was looking for, and things went from there. *shrugs* Who woulda thunk it. It is almost embarassing when people ask us how we met (he tells them "Best fifty bucks I ever spent" (me, not the guitar) Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice). I do still believe, however, that this was a aberration. I had never dated anyone I met online, and the original motive was the purchase of a guitar. No pictures were ever exchanged. Big risk on both parts. Yeah, I'll admit that I am somewhat shallow and appearance driven.
I hate to sound like I am straddling the fence here, but I think that online matchmaking works for some. * I * wouldn't, and don't think I could ever bring myself to use such a service, but who am I to thumb my nose at others because my opinion differs? *shrugs*
Personally, there's an air of patheticness (is that even a word?) to it. Personal ads just seem... insidious. But in this age of the shallow, jaded, immediate gratification mind set, it seems apropos. ...You'll forgive me, but I am quite pretentious in my hatred of most people. I find most people detestable, and in my own particular blend of pathetic, find the online communities I've found preferable to the general populace.
*looks around*
Ummmmmm, I think I'm done here...
*takes soap box and leaves*
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