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Pixelated image with pink and brown butterflies, three text blocks in different colors, and a gray rectangle on the right.

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Pixelated image with pink and brown butterflies, three text blocks in different colors, and a gray rectangle on the right.

Pixelated image with pink and brown butterflies, three text blocks in different colors, and a gray rectangle on the right. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • Butterflies
  • Never a bad sign
  • cuz they're the sign of true

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801261838031120092314
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/04/04b138d62b621933639404414f0cb7923a15db3315bda354e7ba030ece7b3845.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
04b138d62b621933
SHA-256
04b138d62b621933639404414f0cb7923a15db3315bda354e7ba030ece7b3845
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Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016) (internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016)

Kind
local-directory
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Type
Internet Archive tar preservation of the FranksIcons shared buddy-icon store
Title
200801261838031120092314
Archive entry
200801261838031120092314.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC
Rights
mixed anonymous, fan, commercial, and copyrighted imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large cross-sectional user-shared AIM buddy-icon collection spanning personal identity, fandom, music, humor, relationships, moods, holidays, and internet culture

Original: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801261838031120092314.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801261838031120092314.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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