Internet dating has a lot of stigma attached to it. "What if you meet a weirdo?" "What if they're nothing like what they said?" First of all, internet dating has been around for years and there just isn't any evidence that slaughtering psychopaths are more rampant online. Second, people being nothing like what you imagined happens in traditional dating just as often. All in all, internet dating has the same drags and regular dating, ...but if you find that one person, all of its perks as well.
So go ahead; go for it. It's nice to be able to preview people, an advantage that traditional dating does not have. People tell volumes about their personalities and priorities by the look and feel of their profiles.