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Black background with white pixelated text reading 'Because I love vampires' and red star symbols in different positions across frames.

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Black background with white pixelated text reading 'Because I love vampires' and red star symbols in different positions across frames.

Black background with white pixelated text reading 'Because I love vampires' and red star symbols in different positions across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Inte…

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  • five-pointed star

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  • Because
  • I
  • love
  • vampires

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906030830141178504149
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
342 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/2d/2d5420826a3a1387ff3add20f122582c4fd36a940bc9bb19e7d2a80e49491b9d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
2d5420826a3a1387
SHA-256
2d5420826a3a1387ff3add20f122582c4fd36a940bc9bb19e7d2a80e49491b9d
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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
200906030830141178504149
Archive entry
200906030830141178504149.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#200906030830141178504149.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906030830141178504149.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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