Why is this purple trash dove trending?

The purple Trash Dove was created by Florida illustrator Syd Weiler as a sticker set initially meant for the iOS 10. It was released on Facebook at the end of Jan 2017 without any fanfare. read more

Trash Doves is a set of Facebook stickers featuring a large-eyed purple pigeon in various situations, the most notable of which is an animated sprite of the bird vigorously thrashing its head up and down. read more

Trash Dove is the latest meme sensation to have taken over the internet. Unless you are a social media recluse, you might have seen a head-banging purple bird or twenty on your news feed in the last few days. read more

It wasn’t until this week that we saw this dove making it rounds on Facebook, but apparently it has been trending since the start of February. It all started on a video of a popular Thai Facebook page, which showed the trash dove in a dance-off with a cartoon cat. read more