Permanent icon record
Pixelated text 'WHY ARE YOU READING THIS?' repeated across a with alternating cyan and magenta background sections
Pixelated text 'WHY ARE YOU READING THIS?' repeated across a with alternating cyan and magenta background sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksI…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
- Source title
- 200801261655522055493559
- Era
- Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC
Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
- Source title
- 200801261723511172165418
- Era
- Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 742 bytes
- Motion
- Animated (6 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/0f/0f68eacb1b3a4e20d77ee94286d62a5b4e90f0f943ad5489e2b71c44f0eff703.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Archive ID
- 0f68eacb1b3a4e20
- SHA-256
- 0f68eacb1b3a4e20d77ee94286d62a5b4e90f0f943ad5489e2b71c44f0eff703
Full source records (2)
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
- 200801261655522055493559
- Archive entry
- 200801261655522055493559.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 15:11 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#200801261655522055493559.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801261655522055493559.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
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
- 200801261723511172165418
- Archive entry
- 200801261723511172165418.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 15:11 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#200801261723511172165418.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801261723511172165418.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016