Permanent icon record
Static pixel art icon featuring two distinct cartoon figures above bold text reading "AIM vs. MSN" on a gray background.
Static pixel art icon featuring two distinct cartoon figures above bold text reading "AIM vs. MSN" on a gray background. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Wayback CDX BuddyIcon.org GI…
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Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
Wayback CDX BuddyIcon.org GIF Captures
- Source title
- aimvsmsn
- Category
- icns / tech / aimvsmsn
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 00:41 UTC
Wayback Juice2000 AIM Icons with Legacy MIME Classification
- Source title
- juice2000_com_icon29
- Category
- icon
- Era
- 2000 Early AIM Buddy-Icon Culture
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 18:24 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 50×50 pixels
- File size
- 974 bytes
- Motion
- Still image
- Added to archive
- July 8, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/a6/a637ac31e9e70c9df8cc2fd9b0775df2d67acdd43a1eda33a5b6dd3c414387a3.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Scanner metadata
- v1
- Animation inspected
- July 10, 2026 at 04:04 UTC
- Archive ID
- a637ac31e9e70c9d
- SHA-256
- a637ac31e9e70c9df8cc2fd9b0775df2d67acdd43a1eda33a5b6dd3c414387a3
Content-safety assessments (2)
- Assessed
- July 23, 2026 at 06:20 UTC
- Run
- 106
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
- Overall label
- sfw
- Overall score
- 0.079662
OpenAI category scores
- Assessed
- July 10, 2026 at 11:34 UTC
- Run
- 21
- Input
- image
- Preprocessing
- contact-sheet-smart
- Overall label
- safe
- Overall score
- 0.950000
OpenAI category scores
Enrichment records (1)
Static pixel art icon featuring two distinct cartoon figures above bold text reading "AIM vs. MSN" on a gray background.
- Reviewed
- July 10, 2026 at 11:34 UTC
- Run
- 21
- Version
- v3
- Elapsed
- 8,105 ms
- Tokens
- prompt 2,766, response 1,044
Review tags
- static icon (animation, 1.00)
- aim vs msn text (text, 1.00)
- pixel art style (style, 0.95)
- gray background (color, 0.90)
- yellow stick figure (subject, 0.90)
- blocky text (text, 0.90)
- running pose (action, 0.85)
- mascot design (style, 0.85)
- teal sphere figure (subject, 0.85)
Actions
- running pose
- resting on base
Animation
- static/no motion
Animation Summary
- Static single-frame image showing two cartoon figures above text with no visible animation changes.
Colors
- yellow
- black
- white
- teal
- gray
Composition
- horizontal layout
- two figures above text
- centered composition
Dense Caption
Pixelated static image with 256x256 resolution showing two cartoon-style figures positioned horizontally at the top against a solid light gray background. On the left, a yellow stick figure with black outline has white circular head and outstretched arms in running pose; its body is simple rectangular shape with rounded edges. On the right, a teal-colored sphere rests on matching teal base with pixelated gradient shading suggesting 3D form. Below both figures, bold blocky text reads "AIM vs. MSN" using black pixels with white outline and slight anti-aliasing. The entire composition uses limited color palette typical of early web graphics. No visible animation or motion effects present; all elements are static. Text is clearly legible without distortion. Figures appear to be mascot representations for competing instant messaging services.
Description
- Static pixel art icon featuring two distinct cartoon figures above bold text reading "AIM vs. MSN" on a gray background.
Identity Hypotheses
- {"name":"AIM mascot","basis":"both","confidence":0.85,"evidence":"yellow stick figure with running pose matches AIM's early branding"}
- {"name":"MSN mascot","basis":"both","confidence":0.75,"evidence":"teal sphere on base resembles MSN Messenger's visual identity elements"}
Metadata Supported By Image
- aimvsmsn text matches visible "AIM vs. MSN" text
- tech category aligns with instant messaging services reference
Mood
- playful
- competitive
Named Entities
- AIM
- MSN
Non Redundant Search Phrases
- aim vs msn mascot icon
- yellow stick figure teal sphere im comparison
- 256x256 aimmsn pixel art
Objects
- text block
- gray background
Preprocessing Notes
- contact sheet grid not visible in icon content
- sampled frame count 1 from single static image
Safety Notes
- No explicit content; contains historical tech branding reference
Source Metadata Interpretation
wayback-buddyicon-org-gifs suggests historical archive context; alt: aimvsmsn indicates intended comparison theme; category: icns / tech / aimvsn implies technical/brand rivalry context
Style
- pixel art
- cartoon mascot
- blocky text style
Subjects
- yellow stick figure
- teal sphere figure
Visible Text
- AIM vs. MSN
Visually Supported Entities
- AIM (AOL Instant Messenger)
- MSN Messenger
Wordwall
- yellow stick figure
- black outlined head
- white circular face
- outstretched arms running pose
- teal sphere
- teal base
- pixelated gradient shading
- blocky text
- AIM vs. MSN text
- gray background
- 256x256 resolution
- static pixel art
- simple mascot design
- running motion implied
- text with white outline
- black and white text contrast
- yellow body color
- teal color scheme
- no animation frames
- solid gray backdrop
Raw JSON
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}Source semantic tags (10)
Full source records (2)
Wayback CDX BuddyIcon.org GIF Captures (wayback-buddyicon-org-gifs)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- Mid-2000s Dedicated AIM Portal
- Type
- Wayback historical portal crawl
- Category
- icns / tech / aimvsmsn
- Alt
- aimvsmsn
- Observed
- July 8, 2026 at 00:41 UTC
- Rights
- mixed copyright and uncertain provenance; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- dedicated AIM buddy-icon portal with category-path icon folders
Original: http://buddyicon.org/icns/tech/aimvsmsn.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20030606035343id_/http://buddyicon.org:80/icns/tech/aimvsmsn.gif
Wayback Juice2000 AIM Icons with Legacy MIME Classification (wayback-juice2000-aim-icons-misclassified-mime)
- Kind
- wayback-cdx
- Era
- 2000 Early AIM Buddy-Icon Culture
- Type
- Wayback direct asset recovery from a historically cited AIM icon path with malformed archived MIME metadata
- Category
- icon
- Alt
- juice2000_com_icon29
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 18:24 UTC
- Rights
- historical web graphics; research/reference only by default
- Slice
- early custom AIM/AOL-person-style buddy icons circulated before the large commercial icon portals
Original: http://www.juice2000.com/icon/juice2000_com_icon29.gif Download: https://web.archive.org/web/20001019055307id_/http://www.juice2000.com:80/icon/juice2000_com_icon29.gif