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Pixelated collage of friends embracing, text overlays about friendship, and heart symbols in pink, orange, blue, and purple hues.

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Pixelated collage of friends embracing, text overlays about friendship, and heart symbols in pink, orange, blue, and purple hues.

Pixelated collage of friends embracing, text overlays about friendship, and heart symbols in pink, orange, blue, and purple hues. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart icons

Visible Text

  • BEST FRIENDS
  • yeah we act like strangers when out of sight you're never far
  • FRIENDS are like bran close to the HEART and always there for support
  • Friends by love, sisters by blood, by and friends? try... out of control

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200804041927381586001370
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.2 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/11/11a74f4e81c7dd8c1c50b83fc6c2d57a95ecec1fc5e1ba4ca61684d7800e1dd9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
11a74f4e81c7dd8c
SHA-256
11a74f4e81c7dd8c1c50b83fc6c2d57a95ecec1fc5e1ba4ca61684d7800e1dd9
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
200804041927381586001370
Archive entry
200804041927381586001370.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 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#200804041927381586001370.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804041927381586001370.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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