During the pilot episode of season two, someone is keeping a (somewhat) low profile when they suddenly see a friendly face in the crowd. The friendly person places their index finger under their eye.

I don't know exactly what this gesture means. Can anyone illuminate me?

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In the finale of Little House on the Prairie, the people decided to blow up their homes and businesses, rather than let the greedy capitalist take it from them.

Reddit is the same; like the people of Walnut Grove, the platform may be owned by a capitalist, but the community belongs to them.

Image shows a beautiful house, mid-explosion.