Personally, I found it disgusting, yet strangely fascinated.
As for the whole Lyle-Princess thing, the only reason I look down upon it( I don't think I've publicly flamed him about it yet), is because he supposedly makes a big deal of know her real name and age. Also, I find online dating to just be ridiculous. I had a internet gf in 9th grade( I was a loser then), but we at least communicated via phone as well.