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A pink background displays multiple instances of the text (:smile:; with varying star arrangements above and below the text in each instance.

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A pink background displays multiple instances of the text (:smile:; with varying star arrangements above and below the text in each instance.

A pink background displays multiple instances of the text (:smile:; with varying star arrangements above and below the text in each instance. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • star positions change
  • star arrangements vary

Animation Summary

  • The animation consists of changing star arrangements above and below the text (:smile:; across multiple instances.

Composition

  • multiple instances
  • star arrangements

Dense Caption

The image shows a pink background with multiple instances of the text (:smile:; arranged in a grid. Each instance has a unique combination of small stars above and below the text. The stars are either black or light gray. The stars' positions change across the instances, creating different visual patterns. Some instances have more stars than others. The text is consistently rendered in a dark color. The overall style is simple and pixelated.

Description

A pink background displays multiple instances of the text (:smile:; with varying star arrangements above and below the text in each instance.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20081116175123159649939

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • :smile: text pink background
  • star arrangements pink background
  • multiple :smile: text instances
  • black and gray stars
  • pixelated
  • text variations star positions
  • playful mood star arrangements
  • cheerful mood star positions

Preprocessing Notes

  • The image is a static representation of an animated asset; the animation consists of changing star arrangements.
  • quarantined wordwall: grid layout
  • quarantined style: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: grid layout
  • quarantined retrieval: pixelated grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • The source hints suggest a collection of buddy icons from 2007-2016, but the image itself does not confirm any specific collection or era.

Visible Text

  • :smile:;

Wordwall

  • :smile: text
  • pink background
  • black stars
  • gray stars
  • star arrangements
  • text variations
  • pixelated style
  • multiple instances
  • star positions

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081116175123159649939
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (11 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/08/08c3e0f70819dd06722a72046700b7ff01b26f9b39cf35626c1541b3458ed53b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC
Archive ID
08c3e0f70819dd06
SHA-256
08c3e0f70819dd06722a72046700b7ff01b26f9b39cf35626c1541b3458ed53b
Content-safety assessments (2)
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Assessed
August 7, 2026 at 01:27 UTC
Run
1272
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000565

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:51 UTC
Run
106
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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A pink background displays multiple instances of the text (:smile:; with varying star arrangements above and below the text in each instance.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 09:15 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,052 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,125, response 764

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • cheerful (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • stars (object, 0.80)
  • star arrangements vary (other, 0.80)
  • star positions change (other, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • simple (style, 0.80)
  • smile text (subject, 0.80)

Animation

  • star positions change
  • star arrangements vary

Animation Summary

  • The animation consists of changing star arrangements above and below the text (:smile:; across multiple instances.

Colors

  • pink
  • black
  • gray

Composition

  • multiple instances
  • star arrangements

Dense Caption

The image shows a pink background with multiple instances of the text (:smile:; arranged in a grid. Each instance has a unique combination of small stars above and below the text. The stars are either black or light gray. The stars' positions change across the instances, creating different visual patterns. Some instances have more stars than others. The text is consistently rendered in a dark color. The overall style is simple and pixelated.

Description

A pink background displays multiple instances of the text (:smile:; with varying star arrangements above and below the text in each instance.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20081116175123159649939

Mood

  • playful
  • cheerful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • :smile: text pink background
  • star arrangements pink background
  • multiple :smile: text instances
  • black and gray stars
  • pixelated
  • text variations star positions
  • playful mood star arrangements
  • cheerful mood star positions

Objects

  • stars

Preprocessing Notes

  • The image is a static representation of an animated asset; the animation consists of changing star arrangements.
  • quarantined wordwall: grid layout
  • quarantined style: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: grid layout
  • quarantined retrieval: pixelated grid layout

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • The source hints suggest a collection of buddy icons from 2007-2016, but the image itself does not confirm any specific collection or era.

Style

  • pixelated
  • simple

Subjects

  • :smile: text

Visible Text

  • :smile:;

Wordwall

  • :smile: text
  • pink background
  • black stars
  • gray stars
  • star arrangements
  • text variations
  • pixelated style
  • multiple instances
  • star positions
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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
20081116175123159649939
Archive entry
20081116175123159649939.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 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#20081116175123159649939.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081116175123159649939.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016