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A static pixel art image with a dark brown background covered in small blue stars, featuring repeated yellow text elements.

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A static pixel art image with a dark brown background covered in small blue stars, featuring repeated yellow text elements.

A static pixel art image with a dark brown background covered in small blue stars, featuring repeated yellow text elements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • I
  • love
  • you
  • best
  • friend
  • (cassie)

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906081316272144914377
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/11/116436dda81a37e4eb645c5ebb5fa938474edcf5f6602bab894c7e41b9364ce5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
116436dda81a37e4
SHA-256
116436dda81a37e4eb645c5ebb5fa938474edcf5f6602bab894c7e41b9364ce5
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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
200906081316272144914377
Archive entry
200906081316272144914377.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#200906081316272144914377.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906081316272144914377.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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