How accurate are online first impressions for you?

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I haven't done any actual online dating. I've only done window shopping so far. A girl that I saw on okcupid is now in my class.

My impression of her was cool, but fat and into social justice. So far that's been pretty accurate. I haven't interacted with her much, but we seem to get along. She's also talks about social justice in real life.

I also got similar first impressions from someone in a different context. We were emailing each other trying to create a workshop about special ed. She seemed a bit dull, flakey and not very enthusiastic over email. I hoped it would be better face to face. It wasn't.

Quite accurate. I haven't had too many surprises.

The one thing I always notice is that girls tend to look much better in person than they do in their photos, so that's a bonus.

Or maybe I just a knack for meeting girls who aren't the most photogenic.

I don't know about first impressions of the personality type...I've never met a girl from the Internet without chatting with them first, so I have a little bit more than just a -first- impression.

Online dating contains a person wearing a mask so it's best to meet the person as soon as possible because getting to know someone online is completely different in person. You can click online but in person is a different story and that mask thing applies again once you all meet.

Keep in mind a person might think they want what you want but this might not be the case.

Be very weary of anyone who claims they never experienced the type of relationship your looking for but willing to try it.

Same as Stargazer, I haven't had many surprises. I've only had one person be significantly larger than they "led on" with their pictures, but she told me in messages beforehand that she was large, so she still wasn't deceptive.

I've been on lots of dates through online dating though, and a significantly smaller number of second dates, so obviously I can't tell if there will be chemistry and all that, and there are plenty of little things that are near impossible to convey online that you just have to meet the person to discover. But I don't think I've ever gone on a date and thought "wow, you are nothing like what I expected!".