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Pixelated icon with large stylized text, colorful abstract shapes at bottom, and scattered small colored pixels on dark background.

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Pixelated icon with large stylized text, colorful abstract shapes at bottom, and scattered small colored pixels on dark background.

Pixelated icon with large stylized text, colorful abstract shapes at bottom, and scattered small colored pixels on dark background. 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • text: 10+ stylized white characters (likely Japanese kanji)

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080729132255637472183
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4b/4b9184d91906bcc7c41de9fd36ac68878b41752d528ebf0999ca8234ed45f232.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
4b9184d91906bcc7
SHA-256
4b9184d91906bcc7c41de9fd36ac68878b41752d528ebf0999ca8234ed45f232
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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
20080729132255637472183
Archive entry
20080729132255637472183.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#20080729132255637472183.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080729132255637472183.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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