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Black background with white rectangular text boxes displaying pixelated text fragments: 'Be Nice', 'I'm A', and 'Top Poster'.

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Black background with white rectangular text boxes displaying pixelated text fragments: 'Be Nice', 'I'm A', and 'Top Poster'.

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Source terms

Composition

  • top-right text box
  • bottom-left text box
  • bottom-right text box

Dense Caption

The image features a black background. Three distinct white rectangular text boxes contain pixelated text in a retro digital font. The top-right box displays 'Be Nice' with the letter 'e' in 'Nice' slightly misaligned. The bottom-left box shows 'I'm A', and the bottom-right box reads 'Top Poster'. All text is rendered in black pixels on white backgrounds, using a low-resolution pixel art style typical of early digital interfaces.

Description

  • Black background with white rectangular text boxes displaying pixelated text fragments: 'Be Nice', 'I'm A', and 'Top Poster'.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20080321090426330916462

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • be nice top poster i'm a
  • pixel art text boxes black background
  • retro digital font misaligned letter
  • franksicons 20080321090426330916462

Visible Text

  • Be Nice
  • I'm A
  • Top Poster

Wordwall

  • black background
  • white rectangular text boxes
  • pixelated retro font
  • text fragments: 'Be Nice'
  • 'I'm A'
  • 'Top Poster'
  • low-resolution rendering
  • misaligned letter in 'Nice'

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080321090426330916462
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
370 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC
Archive ID
20cdd83cf2906b0e
SHA-256
20cdd83cf2906b0ede4cfa739ed48098f39c23b8325c990eea84ce9c6856b4af
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August 4, 2026 at 09:00 UTC
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Black background with white rectangular text boxes displaying pixelated text fragments: 'Be Nice', 'I'm A', and 'Top Poster'.

Reviewed
August 4, 2026 at 08:58 UTC
Run
57
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,431 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,107, response 649

Review tags

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  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
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  • retro digital interface (style, 0.80)

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  • black
  • white

Composition

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  • bottom-left text box
  • bottom-right text box

Dense Caption

The image features a black background. Three distinct white rectangular text boxes contain pixelated text in a retro digital font. The top-right box displays 'Be Nice' with the letter 'e' in 'Nice' slightly misaligned. The bottom-left box shows 'I'm A', and the bottom-right box reads 'Top Poster'. All text is rendered in black pixels on white backgrounds, using a low-resolution pixel art style typical of early digital interfaces.

Description

  • Black background with white rectangular text boxes displaying pixelated text fragments: 'Be Nice', 'I'm A', and 'Top Poster'.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

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  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20080321090426330916462

Mood

  • neutral
  • playful

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  • be nice top poster i'm a
  • pixel art text boxes black background
  • retro digital font misaligned letter
  • franksicons 20080321090426330916462

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  • pixel art
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  • Be Nice
  • I'm A
  • Top Poster

Wordwall

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  • white rectangular text boxes
  • pixelated retro font
  • text fragments: 'Be Nice'
  • 'I'm A'
  • 'Top Poster'
  • low-resolution rendering
  • misaligned letter in 'Nice'
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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
20080321090426330916462
Archive entry
20080321090426330916462.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 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#20080321090426330916462.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080321090426330916462.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016