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Red text on black background reads 'hiya niamh hows it goin' with pink symbols changing across frames. Animation shows symbol transitions from plus to star to X and back, with scattered purple dots appearing in later frames.

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Red text on black background reads 'hiya niamh hows it goin' with pink symbols changing across frames. Animation shows symbol transitions from plus to star to X and back, with scattered purple dots appearing in later frames.

Red text on black background reads 'hiya niamh hows it goin' with pink symbols changing across frames. Animation shows symbol transitions from plus to star to X and back, with sca…

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Objects

  • plus sign
  • star symbol
  • X symbol

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  • hiya
  • niamh
  • hows
  • it
  • goin

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080503081018308692269
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
489 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/57/5761d42169e0b3c959ac4955304fe48d537a65b5d0641168df17ff02f1f50173.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5761d42169e0b3c9
SHA-256
5761d42169e0b3c959ac4955304fe48d537a65b5d0641168df17ff02f1f50173
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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
20080503081018308692269
Archive entry
20080503081018308692269.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 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#20080503081018308692269.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080503081018308692269.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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