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A pixelated text-based icon with 'i love Nathan Smith <3<3' over a fiery orange-yellow background, showing two distinct visual states.

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A pixelated text-based icon with 'i love Nathan Smith <3<3' over a fiery orange-yellow background, showing two distinct visual states.

A pixelated text-based icon with 'i love Nathan Smith <3<3' over a fiery orange-yellow background, showing two distinct visual states. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inter…

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  • i
  • love
  • Nathan
  • Smith
  • <3<3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200811101400442064324173
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.1 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/12/122fcd7693361107f2cbfc3ea5e85db7d03d7f0ab4d6e2f8300aef8b949a4b0c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
122fcd7693361107
SHA-256
122fcd7693361107f2cbfc3ea5e85db7d03d7f0ab4d6e2f8300aef8b949a4b0c
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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
200811101400442064324173
Archive entry
200811101400442064324173.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:42 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#200811101400442064324173.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200811101400442064324173.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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