Online dating...Does it really work?
Not really.
Online dating doesn't really provide any kind of service.
I mean it doesn't make you a better person, it doesn't really teach you anything.
Like you go to school and it can "work" to give you knowledge, or at least a degree which you can use for employment.
Online dating, dating sites, don't "give you" anything. They don't have control over women, they can't "give you" a woman if you just follow steps.
At best online dating/dating sites are like bars that can't serve food or drink.
It's all on you.
Whether or not online dating, or dating sites, "work" depends entirely on you.
So...do you "work?"
Could you find a partner/date/relationship/whatever you're looking for without dating sites/online dating?
If yes, then online dating can "work." But really, it's not online dating/dating sites doing anything.
Are there people here who are serious enough to start something without being physically present?
When relationships are absolutely dependent upon communication to develop, grow, and be meaningful, healthy, and successful, and with what comes out of the mouth (or through the fingers) being almost unnecessary (and can actually hinder, retard, or be detrimental) to meaningful communication, why would anyone want to "start something without being physically present?"
IMO nothing real starts until you are actually "physically present."