It can be easier to develop a deceptive persona online than it has been in some ways offline which performers can struggle with a double life even in real life. But the Internet adds to the difficulty.
Internet Drug
The Internet can be for most people most of the time like a drug. Online dating would be like ordering a metal detector online. But imagine it stays in the shopping cart. Imagine it is never bought. Imagine that it is never delivered.
Never Using the Metal Detector
Imagine never ever using the metal detector in order to find metal, gold, silver, etc.
Wall-E Impostor
The Internet is kind of like the fat people in WALL-E or the people inside the Matrix. They may like it but they may be missing out on what life has to offer. People can focus too much on the Internet which can be a substitution for the real thing.
Meaning to Life
Absolutely, the quest for love is a fabric to the very meaning and essence to life itself.
RE: Is Online Dating and Relations Healthy?