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Cyan pixelated text and symbols on black background, with animated variations of 'bestays' followed by different punctuation marks.

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Cyan pixelated text and symbols on black background, with animated variations of 'bestays' followed by different punctuation marks.

Cyan pixelated text and symbols on black background, with animated variations of 'bestays' followed by different punctuation marks. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • LT ML BH
  • SL DR KW
  • JAT JNT HB
  • KB SY AR
  • bestays<
  • bestays<3
  • bestays<3.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090131150613101913592
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
582 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3a/3a542022195f1f693b08a215f1c1d53a4f6b6985aa2203352053d12e1bee0e18.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3a542022195f1f69
SHA-256
3a542022195f1f693b08a215f1c1d53a4f6b6985aa2203352053d12e1bee0e18
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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
20090131150613101913592
Archive entry
20090131150613101913592.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:51 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#20090131150613101913592.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090131150613101913592.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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