@Songbird/Diamondback: I took to referring to it as " The Echo Effect ". As in " I swore there was someone else with us a moment ago...hrm, must have been an Echo. ". Cheesy yes but trying to make light of the trend. >_>
@Kurolegacy: Nope, it wouldn't surprise me. Hence I typed " really wouldn't be a surprise to me " in the post you quoted and posed the question?