Prill,
I think there are many more positive online meetings than we know about. When asked by people we don't know well how we met, Dan and I just say we met at a concert in the park. People think meeting online is freaky and they look at you weird. But the friends who know the whole story tell us about others who met online and are happy together. Many of our single friends are online now looking for what we found.
I think lots of people meet online nowadays and possibly don't speak of it because everything on the news is bad.
The key is probably to first of all, always be safe, always be a lady, and meet in person at the earliest possible moment.