How real is online dating?

                                HOW REAL IS ONLINE DATING?


How real is online dating? Just some pixels on a screen. The dawn of technology brought quite a twist to relationships. They have become more digital than physical.
  Personally, there re some people i can chat for hours with over social media but when we meet, we have very little to say to each other. There are people i've been chating with for years whom i've never met but it feels like i know them so well. Also, there are people i met online and when we finally met physically, we connected so well and became friends.
   i'm not critisizing online dating at all but we need to be on the look out for pervs. Some go to the extend of asking for nude pics and even send you some so that you can feel comfortable enough to send yours. Most of those pics are not theirs. They get them from the internet. Sending nude pics and making yourself that vulnerable to a guy or girl you don't know is a FATAL error. It never ends well. Its like making a sex tape. A guy will convince you that it is for his eyes only and in a matter of seconds, it could spread viral.
    Some people even go to the extend of sending money or giving valuable bank account details to online friends. To me, that is boder line stupid. Anyway, that is just my opinion.