Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Green pixelated heart and starburst icons alternate above white text reading WUB YAH on a black background.

Permanent icon record

Green pixelated heart and starburst icons alternate above white text reading WUB YAH on a black background.

Green pixelated heart and starburst icons alternate above white text reading WUB YAH on a black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Sha…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Action

Style

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • top-left icon changes from heart to starburst

Animation Summary

  • The top-left icon alternates between a green pixelated heart and a green pixelated starburst while all other elements remain static.

Composition

  • two
  • text flanking icons
  • centered icon

Dense Caption

Black background with four instances of white pixelated text reading WUB YAH arranged in two rows. Top row contains a green pixelated heart icon on the left and a green pixelated starburst icon on the right. Bottom row contains a green pixelated starburst icon centered between the two text instances. All icons and text are static except for the top-left icon which changes from a heart to a starburst between observations.

Description

  • Green pixelated heart and starburst icons alternate above white text reading WUB YAH on a black background.

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 topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • green heart starburst wub yah
  • pixelated wub yah text
  • black background green icons
  • heart starburst animation wub yah

Objects

  • heart icon

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined wordwall: two rows
  • quarantined composition: two rows

Visible Text

  • WUB YAH

Wordwall

  • green pixelated heart
  • green pixelated starburst
  • WUB YAH text
  • black background
  • pixelated text
  • four text instances
  • two
  • centered starburst
  • static text
  • icon change

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201001231054201750819257
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
300 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/48/48f89ae5e52371bd9da882e23e51997a88abf24fc82e88ca53de65864db75c91.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC
Archive ID
48f89ae5e52371bd
SHA-256
48f89ae5e52371bd9da882e23e51997a88abf24fc82e88ca53de65864db75c91
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 07:59 UTC
Run
107
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.072258

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.939552onnx/unsafe0.072258onnx/nsfl0.040924onnx/nsfw0.031334
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Green pixelated heart and starburst icons alternate above white text reading WUB YAH on a black background.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 16:34 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
5,967 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,111, response 651

Review tags

  • icon change (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • heart icon (object, 0.80)
  • starburst icon (object, 0.80)
  • text (object, 0.80)
  • top left icon changes from heart to starburst (other, 0.80)
  • 8 bit (style, 0.80)
  • monochrome (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Actions

  • icon change

Animation

  • top-left icon changes from heart to starburst

Animation Summary

  • The top-left icon alternates between a green pixelated heart and a green pixelated starburst while all other elements remain static.

Colors

  • black
  • green
  • white

Composition

  • two
  • text flanking icons
  • centered icon

Dense Caption

Black background with four instances of white pixelated text reading WUB YAH arranged in two rows. Top row contains a green pixelated heart icon on the left and a green pixelated starburst icon on the right. Bottom row contains a green pixelated starburst icon centered between the two text instances. All icons and text are static except for the top-left icon which changes from a heart to a starburst between observations.

Description

  • Green pixelated heart and starburst icons alternate above white text reading WUB YAH on a black background.

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 topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • green heart starburst wub yah
  • pixelated wub yah text
  • black background green icons
  • heart starburst animation wub yah

Objects

  • heart icon
  • starburst icon
  • text

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined wordwall: two rows
  • quarantined composition: two rows

Style

  • pixelated
  • 8-bit
  • monochrome

Visible Text

  • WUB YAH

Wordwall

  • green pixelated heart
  • green pixelated starburst
  • WUB YAH text
  • black background
  • pixelated text
  • four text instances
  • two
  • centered starburst
  • static text
  • icon change
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "48f89ae5e52371bd9da882e23e51997a88abf24fc82e88ca53de65864db75c91",
  "description": "Green pixelated heart and starburst icons alternate above white text reading WUB YAH on a black background.",
  "denseCaption": "Black background with four instances of white pixelated text reading WUB YAH arranged in two rows. Top row contains a green pixelated heart icon on the left and a green pixelated starburst icon on the right. Bottom row contains a green pixelated starburst icon centered between the two text instances. All icons and text are static except for the top-left icon which changes from a heart to a starburst between observations.",
  "wordwall": [
    "green pixelated heart",
    "green pixelated starburst",
    "WUB YAH text",
    "black background",
    "pixelated text",
    "four text instances",
    "two",
    "centered starburst",
    "static text",
    "icon change"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "WUB YAH",
    "WUB YAH",
    "WUB YAH",
    "WUB YAH"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [],
  "actions": [
    "icon change"
  ],
  "objects": [
    "heart icon",
    "starburst icon",
    "text"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "black",
    "green",
    "white"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "8-bit",
    "monochrome"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "two",
    "text flanking icons",
    "centered icon"
  ],
  "mood": [],
  "animation": [
    "top-left icon changes from heart to starburst"
  ],
  "preprocessingNotes": [
    "quarantined wordwall: two rows",
    "quarantined composition: two rows"
  ],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "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 topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "The top-left icon alternates between a green pixelated heart and a green pixelated starburst while all other elements remain static.",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "green heart starburst wub yah",
    "pixelated wub yah text",
    "black background green icons",
    "heart starburst animation wub yah"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "icon change",
      "category": "action",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: icon change"
    },
    {
      "tag": "heart icon",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: heart icon"
    },
    {
      "tag": "starburst icon",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: starburst icon"
    },
    {
      "tag": "text",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: text"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "8 bit",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: 8-bit"
    },
    {
      "tag": "monochrome",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: monochrome"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    },
    {
      "tag": "green",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: green"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    },
    {
      "tag": "top left icon changes from heart to starburst",
      "category": "other",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: top-left icon changes from heart to starburst"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "48f89ae5e52371bd9da882e23e51997a88abf24fc82e88ca53de65864db75c91",
        "description": "Green pixelated heart and starburst icons alternate above white text reading WUB YAH on a black background.",
        "denseCaption": "Black background with four instances of white pixelated text reading WUB YAH arranged in two rows. Top row contains a green pixelated heart icon on the left and a green pixelated starburst icon on the right. Bottom row contains a green pixelated starburst icon centered between the two text instances. All icons and text are static except for the top-left icon which changes from a heart to a starburst between observations.",
        "wordwall": [
          "green pixelated heart",
          "green pixelated starburst",
          "WUB YAH text",
          "black background",
          "pixelated text",
          "four text instances",
          "two rows",
          "centered starburst",
          "static text",
          "icon change"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "WUB YAH",
          "WUB YAH",
          "WUB YAH",
          "WUB YAH"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [],
        "actions": [
          "icon change"
        ],
        "objects": [
          "heart icon",
          "starburst icon",
          "text"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "black",
          "green",
          "white"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "8-bit",
          "monochrome"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "two rows",
          "text flanking icons",
          "centered icon"
        ],
        "mood": [],
        "animation": [
          "top-left icon changes from heart to starburst"
        ],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "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 topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "The top-left icon alternates between a green pixelated heart and a green pixelated starburst while all other elements remain static.",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "green heart starburst wub yah",
          "pixelated wub yah text",
          "black background green icons",
          "heart starburst animation wub yah"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 22:01 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
Raw JSON
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
Full source records (1)
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
201001231054201750819257
Archive entry
201001231054201750819257.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#201001231054201750819257.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201001231054201750819257.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016