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Purple text 'i love my friends' with smiley and heart symbols on black background, surrounded by blue star decorations.

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Purple text 'i love my friends' with smiley and heart symbols on black background, surrounded by blue star decorations.

Purple text 'i love my friends' with smiley and heart symbols on black background, surrounded by blue star decorations. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fra…

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Source terms

Subjects

  • smiley face
  • heart symbol

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  • i love my friends
  • :
  • )
  • <
  • 3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081115200230519336378
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
631 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/15/15b808539018c9809eb94d0b9d925eb0d194709d86e920015bae5550bca0bd03.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
15b808539018c980
SHA-256
15b808539018c9809eb94d0b9d925eb0d194709d86e920015bae5550bca0bd03
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
20081115200230519336378
Archive entry
20081115200230519336378.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 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#20081115200230519336378.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081115200230519336378.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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