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Four distinct pixelated images of people arranged in a , each with a '<3' symbol overlay

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Four distinct pixelated images of people arranged in a , each with a '<3' symbol overlay

Four distinct pixelated images of people arranged in a , each with a '<3' symbol overlay. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons…,…

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Color

Source terms

Composition

  • four distinct images

Dense Caption

Top-left: person with dark curly hair wearing dark blue shirt and light pink collar holding pink object; top-right: person in gray t-shirt with graphic print against white background; bottom-left: person in white tank top with black straps against light pink background; bottom-right: person in dark blue jacket with pink strap against red background. All four images feature a '<3' symbol overlay in the upper right or lower left corner.

Description

  • Four distinct pixelated images of people arranged in a , each with a '<3' symbol overlay

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 201104051846201327800534
  • 20110523161829597606614

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • <3 symbol people
  • dark curly hair gray t-shirt white tank top dark blue jacket
  • pink object light pink background red background white background
  • <3 symbol pixelated low-resolution

Objects

  • <3 symbol

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Four distinct pixelated images of people arranged in a 2x2 grid, each with a '<3' symbol overlay.
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: <3 symbol people grid

Visible Text

  • <3

Wordwall

  • <3 symbol
  • dark curly hair
  • gray t-shirt
  • white tank top
  • dark blue jacket
  • pink object
  • light pink background
  • red background
  • white background

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201104051846201327800534
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:08 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20110523161829597606614
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:08 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/3b/3b2bdedb0cfdbb1c0673aee2aa10169b3b6891bdedf4dfe037ecd9abc551f501.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:08 UTC
Archive ID
3b2bdedb0cfdbb1c
SHA-256
3b2bdedb0cfdbb1c0673aee2aa10169b3b6891bdedf4dfe037ecd9abc551f501
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 19, 2026 at 23:47 UTC
Run
1315
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.002750

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.002750falseharassment0.000025falseviolence0.000016falseself-harm0.000015falseviolence/graphic0.000010falsesexual/minors0.000009falsehate0.000005falseillicit0.000004falseself-harm/intent0.000002falseharassment/threatening0.000001falseself-harm/instructions0.000001falseillicit/violent0.000001falsehate/threatening0.000000false

Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:45 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.131149

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.926356onnx/unsafe0.131149onnx/nsfw0.091638onnx/nsfl0.039511
Enrichment records (1)
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Four distinct pixelated images of people arranged in a , each with a '<3' symbol overlay

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 23:43 UTC
Run
62
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,761 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,148, response 654

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • dark blue (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • light pink (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • 3 symbol (object, 0.80)
  • pink object (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • people (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • dark blue
  • gray
  • white
  • pink
  • light pink
  • red
  • black

Composition

  • four distinct images

Dense Caption

Top-left: person with dark curly hair wearing dark blue shirt and light pink collar holding pink object; top-right: person in gray t-shirt with graphic print against white background; bottom-left: person in white tank top with black straps against light pink background; bottom-right: person in dark blue jacket with pink strap against red background. All four images feature a '<3' symbol overlay in the upper right or lower left corner.

Description

  • Four distinct pixelated images of people arranged in a , each with a '<3' symbol overlay

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 201104051846201327800534
  • 20110523161829597606614

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • <3 symbol people
  • dark curly hair gray t-shirt white tank top dark blue jacket
  • pink object light pink background red background white background
  • <3 symbol pixelated low-resolution

Objects

  • <3 symbol
  • pink object

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: Four distinct pixelated images of people arranged in a 2x2 grid, each with a '<3' symbol overlay.
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid
  • quarantined retrieval: <3 symbol people grid

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • people

Visible Text

  • <3

Wordwall

  • <3 symbol
  • dark curly hair
  • gray t-shirt
  • white tank top
  • dark blue jacket
  • pink object
  • light pink background
  • red background
  • white background
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Full source records (2)

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
201104051846201327800534
Archive entry
201104051846201327800534.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:08 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#201104051846201327800534.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201104051846201327800534.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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
20110523161829597606614
Archive entry
20110523161829597606614.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:08 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#20110523161829597606614.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20110523161829597606614.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016