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Green background with black rectangular sections displaying text and symbols in green pixelated font.

Green background with black rectangular sections displaying text and symbols in green pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Bu…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • black sections shift positions
  • text and symbols remain static within sections

Animation Summary

  • Black rectangular sections shift positions across observations while text and symbols remain static within sections.

Composition

  • like
  • repeating elements
  • text and symbols

Dense Caption

Green background with black rectangular sections displaying text and symbols in green pixelated font. The text includes 'me', '+', 'paige', '=', and '<3'. The black sections change position across observations: top-center section moves to top-right, bottom-left section moves to bottom-center, and bottom-right section moves to bottom-left. The symbols '<3' appear in the bottom-right corner of each observation. The text 'me' and 'paige' are consistently displayed in green pixelated font on black backgrounds. The '+' symbol is consistently displayed in green pixelated font on black backgrounds. The '=' symbol is consistently displayed in green pixelated font on black backgrounds. The '<3' symbol is consistently displayed in green pixelated font on black backgrounds. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixelated. The text and symbols are consistently green. The black sections are consistently black. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixelated. The text and symbols are consistently green. The black sections are consistently black. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixelated. The text and symbols are consistently green. The black sections are consistently black. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixelated. The text and symbols are consistently green. The black sections are consistently black. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixel

Description

  • Green background with black rectangular sections displaying text and symbols in green pixelated font.

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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • 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 pixelated text me paige
  • black rectangular sections green background
  • text me plus paige equals
  • green background black sections
  • me plus paige equals <3
  • green pixelated symbols
  • text-based animation
  • affectionate text animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined composition: grid-like

Visible Text

  • me
  • +
  • paige
  • =
  • <3

Wordwall

  • green background
  • black rectangular sections
  • green pixelated text
  • me
  • +
  • paige
  • =
  • <3
  • text changes position
  • consistent green
  • consistent black
  • consistent pixelated
  • consistent rectangular sections

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200902191259281013871661
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
579 bytes
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/4d/4d32db060c0bb711329cbd8ffe8ecabe13c46ad9fd830df06e8ecbbbcb6efc18.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 UTC
Archive ID
4d32db060c0bb711
SHA-256
4d32db060c0bb711329cbd8ffe8ecabe13c46ad9fd830df06e8ecbbbcb6efc18
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 13, 2026 at 20:35 UTC
Run
1287
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000545

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:17 UTC
Run
1034
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.153943

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (1)
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Green background with black rectangular sections displaying text and symbols in green pixelated font.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 23:42 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
12,707 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,158, response 876

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • affectionate (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • black sections shift positions (other, 0.80)
  • text and symbols remain static within sections (other, 0.80)
  • minimalist (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)

Animation

  • black sections shift positions
  • text and symbols remain static within sections

Animation Summary

  • Black rectangular sections shift positions across observations while text and symbols remain static within sections.

Colors

  • green
  • black

Composition

  • like
  • repeating elements
  • text and symbols

Dense Caption

Green background with black rectangular sections displaying text and symbols in green pixelated font. The text includes 'me', '+', 'paige', '=', and '<3'. The black sections change position across observations: top-center section moves to top-right, bottom-left section moves to bottom-center, and bottom-right section moves to bottom-left. The symbols '<3' appear in the bottom-right corner of each observation. The text 'me' and 'paige' are consistently displayed in green pixelated font on black backgrounds. The '+' symbol is consistently displayed in green pixelated font on black backgrounds. The '=' symbol is consistently displayed in green pixelated font on black backgrounds. The '<3' symbol is consistently displayed in green pixelated font on black backgrounds. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixelated. The text and symbols are consistently green. The black sections are consistently black. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixelated. The text and symbols are consistently green. The black sections are consistently black. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixelated. The text and symbols are consistently green. The black sections are consistently black. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixelated. The text and symbols are consistently green. The black sections are consistently black. The background is consistently green. The black sections are consistently rectangular. The text and symbols are consistently pixel

Description

  • Green background with black rectangular sections displaying text and symbols in green pixelated font.

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

Mood

  • playful
  • affectionate

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • green pixelated text me paige
  • black rectangular sections green background
  • text me plus paige equals
  • green background black sections
  • me plus paige equals <3
  • green pixelated symbols
  • text-based animation
  • affectionate text animation

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined composition: grid-like

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-based
  • minimalist

Visible Text

  • me
  • +
  • paige
  • =
  • <3

Wordwall

  • green background
  • black rectangular sections
  • green pixelated text
  • me
  • +
  • paige
  • =
  • <3
  • text changes position
  • consistent green
  • consistent black
  • consistent pixelated
  • consistent rectangular sections
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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
200902191259281013871661
Archive entry
200902191259281013871661.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 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#200902191259281013871661.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200902191259281013871661.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016