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Green and yellow diagonal striped background with white pixelated text and heart symbols, transitioning between four states.

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Green and yellow diagonal striped background with white pixelated text and heart symbols, transitioning between four states.

Green and yellow diagonal striped background with white pixelated text and heart symbols, transitioning between four states. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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Objects

  • heart symbols

Subjects

  • heart symbols

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  • It just sucks
  • coz I thought
  • U were REAL

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071004124858935637448
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/1a/1acc260a9b8a1e8eacdd4f7d3d496028fdb7ea3352ac6c9a71cdf8fc1cfd8bb5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
1acc260a9b8a1e8e
SHA-256
1acc260a9b8a1e8eacdd4f7d3d496028fdb7ea3352ac6c9a71cdf8fc1cfd8bb5
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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
20071004124858935637448
Archive entry
20071004124858935637448.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:48 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#20071004124858935637448.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071004124858935637448.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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