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A split-screen animation shows four with text "i love you jake <3" and a star icon changing color between pink and cyan

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A split-screen animation shows four with text "i love you jake <3" and a star icon changing color between pink and cyan

A split-screen animation shows four with text "i love you jake <3" and a star icon changing color between pink and cyan. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Objects

  • star icons

Subjects

  • star icons

Visible Text

  • i
  • love
  • you
  • jake
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080101200037752884891
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
691 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/19/197823a9a311a7e8738c571f1fa706977e8dc7e3532b4ff5c7330e61cf6fba91.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
197823a9a311a7e8
SHA-256
197823a9a311a7e8738c571f1fa706977e8dc7e3532b4ff5c7330e61cf6fba91
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
20080101200037752884891
Archive entry
20080101200037752884891.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 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#20080101200037752884891.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080101200037752884891.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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