Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Blue swirling background with pixelated text fragments arranged in a , displaying partial phrases across multiple sections

Permanent icon record

Blue swirling background with pixelated text fragments arranged in a , displaying partial phrases across multiple sections

Blue swirling background with pixelated text fragments arranged in a , displaying partial phrases across multiple sections. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

Download original

About this icon

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Visible Text

  • so what if you could see
  • i have become
  • the darkever inside ofchange
  • no one will methis animal

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
200805251712511477626241
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
8.9 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/51/51ceab4e42c33c633b72bcb2a0a8dd024637ed2669eccafb2cb0fb4dba9e06c1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
51ceab4e42c33c63
SHA-256
51ceab4e42c33c633b72bcb2a0a8dd024637ed2669eccafb2cb0fb4dba9e06c1
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
200805251712511477626241
Archive entry
200805251712511477626241.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 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#200805251712511477626241.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805251712511477626241.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

View the complete metadata record (JSON)