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six showing a person with brown hair and pink clothing against a black background, with overlaid text fragments

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six showing a person with brown hair and pink clothing against a black background, with overlaid text fragments

six showing a person with brown hair and pink clothing against a black background, with overlaid text fragments. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcon…

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Style

  • text-overlaid

Visible Text

  • In this world of hate...
  • there has to be a light
  • be that light and spread some
  • love! Maybe One day the youth
  • can make a difference
  • No More HATE!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200905131421501958936099
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
8.9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/24/24317a8129d3c24a732ad3838f7a56da88039e3917f60adb9d0fd0faaadc0a10.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
24317a8129d3c24a
SHA-256
24317a8129d3c24a732ad3838f7a56da88039e3917f60adb9d0fd0faaadc0a10
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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
200905131421501958936099
Archive entry
200905131421501958936099.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#200905131421501958936099.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200905131421501958936099.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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