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Yellow pixelated text reads 'my icon's hotter than yours' over an orange and black flame-like background with a gray rectangular overlay on the right.

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Yellow pixelated text reads 'my icon's hotter than yours' over an orange and black flame-like background with a gray rectangular overlay on the right.

Yellow pixelated text reads 'my icon's hotter than yours' over an orange and black flame-like background with a gray rectangular overlay on the right. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy…

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  • my icon's
  • hotter
  • than yours

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712211823341219785612
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/04/04b150a3ec08aa7d7a849f6209f5a6749e5415c84da03ce8afc8eb677077fe19.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
04b150a3ec08aa7d
SHA-256
04b150a3ec08aa7d7a849f6209f5a6749e5415c84da03ce8afc8eb677077fe19
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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
200712211823341219785612
Archive entry
200712211823341219785612.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:06 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#200712211823341219785612.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712211823341219785612.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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