Would you meetup far away pals?

What is consider a true long distant friendship? Unlike short distant friendship where you can meet up for activities, long distant friendship will usually be restricted to exchange of letters. In today's high tech age, you get to call on phone, or the cheaper alternative would be skype, msn, webcam or any other ways now. Sometimes you meet that someone who is from a faraway land and usually these people can also click well. So what are the chance they would ignore you after a meetup? The chance is there as well. So would you still take the chance to meet the person, knowing that the person would dump you if there is a disappointment?