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A static collage of three distinct buddy icons featuring text and logos with high-contrast black-and-white color schemes and pixelated textures.

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A static collage of three distinct buddy icons featuring text and logos with high-contrast black-and-white color schemes and pixelated textures.

A static collage of three distinct buddy icons featuring text and logos with high-contrast black-and-white color schemes and pixelated textures. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • People who wear fox r cool
  • skating Cool
  • DC
  • Chicks r hot

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200803020708031285330019
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.2 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/12/129386e41ca1870cd9495adcaf446f4179db7b5130ef095c1ad8c60db3de0327.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
129386e41ca1870c
SHA-256
129386e41ca1870cd9495adcaf446f4179db7b5130ef095c1ad8c60db3de0327
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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
200803020708031285330019
Archive entry
200803020708031285330019.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:17 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#200803020708031285330019.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200803020708031285330019.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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