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Yellow text on black background reads "Balls and Maggie BFFs! <3" with animated white symbols appearing in different positions across frames.

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Yellow text on black background reads "Balls and Maggie BFFs! <3" with animated white symbols appearing in different positions across frames.

Yellow text on black background reads "Balls and Maggie BFFs! <3" with animated white symbols appearing in different positions across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • plus sign
  • star symbol

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  • Balls and Maggie BFFs! <3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080210085910579628255
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/47/4725471f5c71284754a9dff0f3d6ba890f2e807e70eb693e61e4e20099015c14.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4725471f5c712847
SHA-256
4725471f5c71284754a9dff0f3d6ba890f2e807e70eb693e61e4e20099015c14
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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
20080210085910579628255
Archive entry
20080210085910579628255.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 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#20080210085910579628255.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080210085910579628255.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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