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A basketball on a wooden court background with red text overlays reading 'i love basketball!!', 'basketball rocks!!', and 'do you like basketball?'.

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A basketball on a wooden court background with red text overlays reading 'i love basketball!!', 'basketball rocks!!', and 'do you like basketball?'.

A basketball on a wooden court background with red text overlays reading 'i love basketball!!', 'basketball rocks!!', and 'do you like basketball?'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy i…

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  • i love basketball!!
  • basketball rocks!!
  • do you like basketball?

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090410124523461241764
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/12/12ed3e7cde7516041f05070a07cea925efa5db14e00bfe132e167d576518e21b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
12ed3e7cde751604
SHA-256
12ed3e7cde7516041f05070a07cea925efa5db14e00bfe132e167d576518e21b
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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
20090410124523461241764
Archive entry
20090410124523461241764.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 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#20090410124523461241764.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090410124523461241764.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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