Permanent icon record
Pixelated pink text reading "TALKING B A NECESSITY" with purple stars on a black background, repeated in two
Pixelated pink text reading "TALKING B A NECESSITY" with purple stars on a black background, repeated in two. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons S…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
- Source title
- 2007111215545856548984
- Era
- Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:56 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 3.2 KB
- Motion
- Animated (4 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/2f/2f44d37e20f6870ec88d7ac356a709a142330175292a78044dd7ca0fd6a1ace7.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Archive ID
- 2f44d37e20f6870e
- SHA-256
- 2f44d37e20f6870ec88d7ac356a709a142330175292a78044dd7ca0fd6a1ace7
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
- 2007111215545856548984
- Archive entry
- 2007111215545856548984.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 14:56 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#2007111215545856548984.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2007111215545856548984.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016