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Blue background with cyan pixelated text and symbols; two side-by-side displays of 'stephie' with a heart symbol, 'steve', '12/12', and '<3333'

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Blue background with cyan pixelated text and symbols; two side-by-side displays of 'stephie' with a heart symbol, 'steve', '12/12', and '<3333'

Blue background with cyan pixelated text and symbols; two side-by-side displays of 'stephie' with a heart symbol, 'steve', '12/12', and '<3333'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

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  • stephie
  • steve
  • 12/12
  • <3333
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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080729100037453464834
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
277 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/53/53514327f5232e03655cc9dba543c3c5b11bf9f6873f41bb3b8e9f7341dc56b8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
53514327f5232e03
SHA-256
53514327f5232e03655cc9dba543c3c5b11bf9f6873f41bb3b8e9f7341dc56b8
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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
20080729100037453464834
Archive entry
20080729100037453464834.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#20080729100037453464834.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080729100037453464834.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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