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Pixelated text 'hey friends' in orange on bright pink background with four distinct animation variations of white pixel symbols.

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Pixelated text 'hey friends' in orange on bright pink background with four distinct animation variations of white pixel symbols.

Pixelated text 'hey friends' in orange on bright pink background with four distinct animation variations of white pixel symbols. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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  • heart
  • starburst

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  • hey friends

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804200828181160893045
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
314 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/05/057961472b5275f7fd7bbd2ca1f4e899f9fe07ea9c9c9d6880918d4444163fa6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
057961472b5275f7
SHA-256
057961472b5275f7fd7bbd2ca1f4e899f9fe07ea9c9c9d6880918d4444163fa6
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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
200804200828181160893045
Archive entry
200804200828181160893045.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#200804200828181160893045.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804200828181160893045.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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