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Pixelated image with 'best friends' text on left and 'it takes more than a week' text on right, over star-shaped background.

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Pixelated image with 'best friends' text on left and 'it takes more than a week' text on right, over star-shaped background.

Pixelated image with 'best friends' text on left and 'it takes more than a week' text on right, over star-shaped background. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archiv…

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  • star shape

Subjects

  • star shape

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  • best friends
  • it takes more than a week

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801041440061739268485
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/51/51e25b70a4ee112854511086a45430a96252800fef9fd85867a7b5ad6d969585.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
51e25b70a4ee1128
SHA-256
51e25b70a4ee112854511086a45430a96252800fef9fd85867a7b5ad6d969585
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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
200801041440061739268485
Archive entry
200801041440061739268485.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:08 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#200801041440061739268485.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801041440061739268485.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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