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Blue background with red pixelated hearts scattered across, green text reading "I love Blinky" in multiple positions.

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Blue background with red pixelated hearts scattered across, green text reading "I love Blinky" in multiple positions.

Blue background with red pixelated hearts scattered across, green text reading "I love Blinky" in multiple positions. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200904071337001727340086
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
917 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/56/56789400b0673519f1b66e9d919191aea5890382c0f52192f92c347f85e7c650.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
56789400b0673519
SHA-256
56789400b0673519f1b66e9d919191aea5890382c0f52192f92c347f85e7c650
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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
200904071337001727340086
Archive entry
200904071337001727340086.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:56 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#200904071337001727340086.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200904071337001727340086.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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