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Green text on red background lists names with animated sparkles and X symbols, showing sequential changes in symbol placement.

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Green text on red background lists names with animated sparkles and X symbols, showing sequential changes in symbol placement.

Green text on red background lists names with animated sparkles and X symbols, showing sequential changes in symbol placement. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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  • plus sign
  • X symbol
  • dot

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  • BFFLS!!!
  • Jojo
  • Dom
  • Chris.W
  • Monica

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090130181513648820456
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
527 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/44/44b7893fda9b49ad5387bd2b6c28cd26c38713936f61f9e1082ccf661f85fa9d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
44b7893fda9b49ad
SHA-256
44b7893fda9b49ad5387bd2b6c28cd26c38713936f61f9e1082ccf661f85fa9d
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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
20090130181513648820456
Archive entry
20090130181513648820456.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#20090130181513648820456.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090130181513648820456.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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