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Pixelated blue text and a purple heart-shaped icon on a black background, with identical static and animated versions displayed side-by-side.

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Pixelated blue text and a purple heart-shaped icon on a black background, with identical static and animated versions displayed side-by-side.

Pixelated blue text and a purple heart-shaped icon on a black background, with identical static and animated versions displayed side-by-side. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • heart icon

Subjects

  • heart icon

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  • Ben
  • 9-2-08
  • < 3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809211559041195996497
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
228 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3a/3adb3d1e9bf2ad607468fdfa5a973918ab85a6276d4a47a15fb09ec21308d9d2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
3adb3d1e9bf2ad60
SHA-256
3adb3d1e9bf2ad607468fdfa5a973918ab85a6276d4a47a15fb09ec21308d9d2
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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
200809211559041195996497
Archive entry
200809211559041195996497.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#200809211559041195996497.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809211559041195996497.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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