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Pixelated cyan text on black background reads 'HOLD me', 'CRADLE me', 'CARE for me', 'LOVE me' with white and gray heart symbols below.

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Pixelated cyan text on black background reads 'HOLD me', 'CRADLE me', 'CARE for me', 'LOVE me' with white and gray heart symbols below.

Pixelated cyan text on black background reads 'HOLD me', 'CRADLE me', 'CARE for me', 'LOVE me' with white and gray heart symbols below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbols

Visible Text

  • HOLD me
  • CRADLE me
  • CARE for me
  • LOVE me

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711181504371146697212
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
351 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/0f/0fc6611e93fbf141a367641428d5580765ae765eb4eaae726fe345bde6fceb31.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
0fc6611e93fbf141
SHA-256
0fc6611e93fbf141a367641428d5580765ae765eb4eaae726fe345bde6fceb31
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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
200711181504371146697212
Archive entry
200711181504371146697212.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:58 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#200711181504371146697212.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711181504371146697212.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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