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Red pixelated text on black background displays names and 'besties <33' with a heart symbol replacing the first letter of Kathleen.

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Red pixelated text on black background displays names and 'besties <33' with a heart symbol replacing the first letter of Kathleen.

Red pixelated text on black background displays names and 'besties <33' with a heart symbol replacing the first letter of Kathleen. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • heart symbol

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  • Kathleen.J
  • Gina.G.
  • Kayla.B.
  • Som.B.
  • besties <33

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080325172633233180649
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.6 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/06/06d7c88460f227113eab26a22d780e0ac45658fd2316b508862bf3922f85781f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
06d7c88460f22711
SHA-256
06d7c88460f227113eab26a22d780e0ac45658fd2316b508862bf3922f85781f
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
20080325172633233180649
Archive entry
20080325172633233180649.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 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#20080325172633233180649.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080325172633233180649.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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