I've met several guys online--good enough guys to date for six months or so. I'm all about meeting people in person relatively quickly--I'm too old to waste time with back and forth chatting and then meeting the person and there's absolutely no attraction. I give them minimal information, meet them at a public place and let a couple girlfriends know who I'm meeting where and when.

I explain at the beginning of the date that after an hour, either of us can walk away from the date. OMG I DON'T WANT TO LISTEN TO SOME GUY DRONE ON ABOUT THE DETAILS OF HIS FATHER'S DEATH FOR TWO HOURS EVER AGAIN. seriously, that happened and that's where I get my one hour rule from. anyway, a couple of my dates ended up being so fun that we passed the one hour mark without either of us knowing it. I met a guy about a year ago who was nice enough but bored me to tears. I told him I didn't see anything happening with us and he BEGGED me to go out with him again, which I didn't. I must admit, that was a bit of an ego boost and I wasn't being mean, just honest. all in all, I've had good experiences even in those cases where I told them bluntly I wasn't interested. they've always taken my honesty very well.

yes, I've met a couple kooks but nothing too odd. just be careful about who you choose. oh, I met one bf on Chemistry, a couple on Match and had a couple kooky dates from OK Cupid (that site's free so that may explain the lower quality people if they're not willing to pay to play). good luck!