Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Pixelated text and geometric shapes on a bright pink background with white and blue elements.

Permanent icon record

Pixelated text and geometric shapes on a bright pink background with white and blue elements.

Pixelated text and geometric shapes on a bright pink background with white and blue elements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icon…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; all elements maintain consistent appearance across observations.

Composition

  • repeating clusters of text and shapes
  • symmetrical arrangement around central axis
  • four blue pattern positions distributed across corners and edges

Dense Caption

Bright magenta background contains repeated pixel art clusters. Each cluster has three lines of white text: 'ayy', 'boyy', 'boyy' followed by ':]]'. Blue square-based geometric patterns appear in four positions around the text clusters, each pattern showing a small square with attached smaller squares and dots. The blue shapes are identical across all visible instances. Text is rendered in blocky pixel font typical of early digital interfaces. All elements maintain consistent size and spacing throughout the image.

Description

  • Pixelated text and geometric shapes on a bright pink background with white and blue elements.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200802171753151067384115

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • magenta background pixel art
  • white text ayy boyy emoticon
  • blue geometric patterns magenta
  • pixelated ayy boyy :]]

Visible Text

  • ayy
  • boyy
  • :]]

Wordwall

  • magenta background
  • white pixelated text
  • blue geometric patterns
  • 'ayy' text line
  • 'boyy' text lines (x2)
  • ':]]' emoticon
  • blocky pixel font
  • square-based shapes
  • repeated clusters
  • four blue pattern positions

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200802171753151067384115
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:14 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
519 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/27/27c8614ad41858ed27ed989094ab25dd6607411616f76125f213fab7908756c3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:14 UTC
Archive ID
27c8614ad41858ed
SHA-256
27c8614ad41858ed27ed989094ab25dd6607411616f76125f213fab7908756c3
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:25 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.134241

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.868941onnx/unsafe0.134241onnx/nsfw0.098202onnx/nsfl0.036039
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated text and geometric shapes on a bright pink background with white and blue elements.

Reviewed
August 3, 2026 at 23:25 UTC
Run
56
Version
v5
Elapsed
14,841 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 644

Review tags

  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • magenta (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • quirky (mood, 0.80)
  • blocky text rendering (style, 0.80)
  • low resolution digital graphics (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)

Animation Summary

  • No visible animation changes; all elements maintain consistent appearance across observations.

Colors

  • magenta
  • white
  • blue

Composition

  • repeating clusters of text and shapes
  • symmetrical arrangement around central axis
  • four blue pattern positions distributed across corners and edges

Dense Caption

Bright magenta background contains repeated pixel art clusters. Each cluster has three lines of white text: 'ayy', 'boyy', 'boyy' followed by ':]]'. Blue square-based geometric patterns appear in four positions around the text clusters, each pattern showing a small square with attached smaller squares and dots. The blue shapes are identical across all visible instances. Text is rendered in blocky pixel font typical of early digital interfaces. All elements maintain consistent size and spacing throughout the image.

Description

  • Pixelated text and geometric shapes on a bright pink background with white and blue elements.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200802171753151067384115

Mood

  • playful
  • nostalgic
  • quirky

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • magenta background pixel art
  • white text ayy boyy emoticon
  • blue geometric patterns magenta
  • pixelated ayy boyy :]]

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution digital graphics
  • blocky text rendering

Visible Text

  • ayy
  • boyy
  • :]]

Wordwall

  • magenta background
  • white pixelated text
  • blue geometric patterns
  • 'ayy' text line
  • 'boyy' text lines (x2)
  • ':]]' emoticon
  • blocky pixel font
  • square-based shapes
  • repeated clusters
  • four blue pattern positions
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "27c8614ad41858ed27ed989094ab25dd6607411616f76125f213fab7908756c3",
  "description": "Pixelated text and geometric shapes on a bright pink background with white and blue elements.",
  "denseCaption": "Bright magenta background contains repeated pixel art clusters. Each cluster has three lines of white text: \u0027ayy\u0027, \u0027boyy\u0027, \u0027boyy\u0027 followed by \u0027:]]\u0027. Blue square-based geometric patterns appear in four positions around the text clusters, each pattern showing a small square with attached smaller squares and dots. The blue shapes are identical across all visible instances. Text is rendered in blocky pixel font typical of early digital interfaces. All elements maintain consistent size and spacing throughout the image.",
  "wordwall": [
    "magenta background",
    "white pixelated text",
    "blue geometric patterns",
    "\u0027ayy\u0027 text line",
    "\u0027boyy\u0027 text lines (x2)",
    "\u0027:]]\u0027 emoticon",
    "blocky pixel font",
    "square-based shapes",
    "repeated clusters",
    "four blue pattern positions"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "ayy",
    "boyy",
    "boyy",
    ":]]"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [],
  "colors": [
    "magenta",
    "white",
    "blue"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixel art",
    "low-resolution digital graphics",
    "blocky text rendering"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "repeating clusters of text and shapes",
    "symmetrical arrangement around central axis",
    "four blue pattern positions distributed across corners and edges"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "playful",
    "nostalgic",
    "quirky"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "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 collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
    "2007-2016",
    "franksicons",
    "200802171753151067384115"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "No visible animation changes; all elements maintain consistent appearance across observations.",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "magenta background pixel art",
    "white text ayy boyy emoticon",
    "blue geometric patterns magenta",
    "pixelated ayy boyy :]]"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "pixel art",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixel art"
    },
    {
      "tag": "low resolution digital graphics",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: low-resolution digital graphics"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blocky text rendering",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blocky text rendering"
    },
    {
      "tag": "playful",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: playful"
    },
    {
      "tag": "nostalgic",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: nostalgic"
    },
    {
      "tag": "quirky",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: quirky"
    },
    {
      "tag": "magenta",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: magenta"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blue",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blue"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "27c8614ad41858ed27ed989094ab25dd6607411616f76125f213fab7908756c3",
        "description": "Pixelated text and geometric shapes on a bright pink background with white and blue elements.",
        "denseCaption": "Bright magenta background contains repeated pixel art clusters. Each cluster has three lines of white text: \u0027ayy\u0027, \u0027boyy\u0027, \u0027boyy\u0027 followed by \u0027:]]\u0027. Blue square-based geometric patterns appear in four positions around the text clusters, each pattern showing a small square with attached smaller squares and dots. The blue shapes are identical across all visible instances. Text is rendered in blocky pixel font typical of early digital interfaces. All elements maintain consistent size and spacing throughout the image.",
        "wordwall": [
          "magenta background",
          "white pixelated text",
          "blue geometric patterns",
          "\u0027ayy\u0027 text line",
          "\u0027boyy\u0027 text lines (x2)",
          "\u0027:]]\u0027 emoticon",
          "blocky pixel font",
          "square-based shapes",
          "repeated clusters",
          "four blue pattern positions"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "ayy",
          "boyy",
          "boyy",
          ":]]"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [],
        "colors": [
          "magenta",
          "white",
          "blue"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixel art",
          "low-resolution digital graphics",
          "blocky text rendering"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "repeating clusters of text and shapes",
          "symmetrical arrangement around central axis",
          "four blue pattern positions distributed across corners and edges"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "playful",
          "nostalgic",
          "quirky"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "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 collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
          "2007-2016",
          "franksicons",
          "200802171753151067384115"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "No visible animation changes; all elements maintain consistent appearance across observations.",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "magenta background pixel art",
          "white text ayy boyy emoticon",
          "blue geometric patterns magenta",
          "pixelated ayy boyy :]]"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
200802171753151067384115
Archive entry
200802171753151067384115.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:14 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#200802171753151067384115.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200802171753151067384115.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016