Typically for me if I see something twice in a somewhat unique manner it usually feels like a pattern to me. Chances are if there’s at least two of the “thing” out there, it’s only a matter of time before I see it elsewhere. The current “thing” that I’ve started to notice is a nice, simple and effective play on the idea of smiley face. While I haven’t seen the rapid gestures of the smile more in the usual areas, I’ve noticed it pop up on 32nd and 16th streets. There’s two things that I like about it. Very fast message to convey, the meaning is pretty obvious, and easily reproducible. It also reminds me of the Love Me stuff that tends to be finding it’s way more around the city. Again a similar approach of conveying a message very quickly and easily reproducible on different scales.