If you want to meet someone for a long term relationship rather than just a fling, paying for services like match.com might glean a more relationship focused pool of people since they're paying to be on the site. Although I DID get messages from some creeps, my husband was pretty much the first person who messaged me. We've been together for 4 years now and got married 3 months ago - got me pregnant a month after! It's been great and I can't recommend dating websites enough as a result!