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Yellow background with pink text listing names and "BFFL'S" surrounded by orange pixel hearts, animated to shift positions.

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Yellow background with pink text listing names and "BFFL'S" surrounded by orange pixel hearts, animated to shift positions.

Yellow background with pink text listing names and "BFFL'S" surrounded by orange pixel hearts, animated to shift positions. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • Jenny
  • Steph
  • Rowan
  • Kerry
  • BFFL'S

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200902281218181887709632
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/41/41ed1aacd85827b638c3074f5252917a465d5e6cef98e8ad8a9c0b5979ac9816.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
41ed1aacd85827b6
SHA-256
41ed1aacd85827b638c3074f5252917a465d5e6cef98e8ad8a9c0b5979ac9816
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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
200902281218181887709632
Archive entry
200902281218181887709632.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#200902281218181887709632.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200902281218181887709632.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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