I talked to someone on here every day
for 6 months, before I thought to look
at their picture/profile.
Unimportant.
The words are everything.

Then what happened?

hahahaha
Well.
As I told him, he looked like a serial
killer with bodies hidden in the basement.
It simply made no difference :-)

Maybe he will let me pick my plot in
the basement.
If not, remember me kindly :-)

Hmmmmm I am with someone who I wouldnt have picked because of their profile picture, not because there was anything wrong with him, just because he didnt look like an australian country boy. Which he definately isnt..
But I fell in love with his heart, which really if I hadnt have met him on the internet I would not have seen or found out so much, as the things I can talk about on here to begin with are much more personal than I would ever ask if I had just met him..

So I think that this can be great if you look fro friends and then go from there,

What's in a picture, a thousand words?
Whilst dating a girl's best girlfriend that ran a models' booking agency and after having met the models with the WOW look in photos hung about the hallway wall, I realized that they were more "Rin Tin Tin" in person than "ring-a-ding-ding" as in their pictures. The camera lens can be very kind or unkind, just look at the pic on your drives licence, chances are that it's not the least bit flattering but rather an amusing conversation piece and utter disappointment.

On a personal note I've found that no matter what I say or look like, I still continue to attract the wrong type of women anyway.

For your information I ma not saying I am ugly, I am not ugly in fact!
even if I was, what is ugly anyway?
beauty is always in the eye of the beholder!!

One person may not find a person attractive, whilst another does etc!

I started this post trying to prove a point, that unfortunately people just go by looks ie Picture surfing, and using an analogy of going to a book shop and just choosing a book by it's cover.
From the vast majority of replies on this forum so far, I think I have proved my point from the answers.

It's a real shame that shallowness has took over so much on dating sites! and real life also.

And one more thing I am a very confident person, I am a musician, Play in a band write songs,Play gigs all over the uk.
I have done lectures on Psychology at universities in England.
so do not accuse me of having little confidence, thank you very much!

My experience on dating sites so far is that most people just picture surf, if the picture is liked, contact may be made, if not it won't end off!
It's a bit like going to a book shop and just looking at all the covers, not reading the appendix in the book, just picking the book totally by it's cover!

I think that's the big problem with internet dating compared to meeting someone in person, ie socially, work, chance meeting in a supermarket etc, you can have a chat in person, it's totally about the person then, not a picture!