The more people I end up meeting from the internet, the more that statement is true. People can be worse or better in person than they are online, doesnt matter who you think you are.
I think it is just a matter of not having enough information. You really cannot learn enough about an individual on the internet to make a real judgement.
I am the same pretty much the same in person. Twisted but good at heart. If you are referring to meeting opposite sex online, its not much different than meeting face to face. The best face will always be put forward, but we all do that.
The dreads do not live up to their personas online, they are kinder and relatively more normal in real life.
By the way, those chicks I met were pleasantly plump, get it right whackers. LOL