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Pixelated pink text on black background with white heart and purple <3 symbol, two versions showing animation change.

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Pixelated pink text on black background with white heart and purple <3 symbol, two versions showing animation change.

Pixelated pink text on black background with white heart and purple <3 symbol, two versions showing animation change. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • <3 symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • <3 symbol

Visible Text

  • BFF
  • PARTY
  • AT THE Y
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080402160016915356645
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
856 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/16/160e411800855e4b3761e0897baa3dfe55d5ea63aaf4ba0d5f6a8e854494eabc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
160e411800855e4b
SHA-256
160e411800855e4b3761e0897baa3dfe55d5ea63aaf4ba0d5f6a8e854494eabc
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
20080402160016915356645
Archive entry
20080402160016915356645.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#20080402160016915356645.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080402160016915356645.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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