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A composite image of four distinct pixelated sections: a heart-shaped hand gesture, pink text, 'LOL' text, and 'rocks!!' text.

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A composite image of four distinct pixelated sections: a heart-shaped hand gesture, pink text, 'LOL' text, and 'rocks!!' text.

A composite image of four distinct pixelated sections: a heart-shaped hand gesture, pink text, 'LOL' text, and 'rocks!!' text. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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  • I <3...
  • lice an
  • nderlan
  • LOL
  • rocks!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20100305195459128018753
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/16/16c026dc96b6124aa5a3e5aaa1f8249490e608455308cb1551ca3a34837356ec.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
16c026dc96b6124a
SHA-256
16c026dc96b6124aa5a3e5aaa1f8249490e608455308cb1551ca3a34837356ec
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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
20100305195459128018753
Archive entry
20100305195459128018753.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:05 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#20100305195459128018753.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20100305195459128018753.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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