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Pixelated text and symbols in bright pink on black background, with one version showing a heart symbol replacing the 'o' in 'love'.

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Pixelated text and symbols in bright pink on black background, with one version showing a heart symbol replacing the 'o' in 'love'.

Pixelated text and symbols in bright pink on black background, with one version showing a heart symbol replacing the 'o' in 'love'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol
  • emoticon

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • emoticon

Visible Text

  • i love
  • jesse
  • michael
  • 5.25.09
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200905261055021323993111
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
275 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/06/066e00ec5894892197458f7bdb084400f1536bc4b51135cc3b453092542dc3d2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
066e00ec58948921
SHA-256
066e00ec5894892197458f7bdb084400f1536bc4b51135cc3b453092542dc3d2
Full source records (1)

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
200905261055021323993111
Archive entry
200905261055021323993111.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#200905261055021323993111.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200905261055021323993111.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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