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six distinct buddy icons with text overlays on varied backgrounds including blue patterns, beach scenes, and heart shapes

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six distinct buddy icons with text overlays on varied backgrounds including blue patterns, beach scenes, and heart shapes

six distinct buddy icons with text overlays on varied backgrounds including blue patterns, beach scenes, and heart shapes. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • lm
  • cool
  • smart
  • dorky
  • punny
  • a lover

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200808202006351781056248
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.7 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/58/58120a51da6244d42ef35eb1ad4680f2c2577636608f561aa6014dc295b34e1d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
58120a51da6244d4
SHA-256
58120a51da6244d42ef35eb1ad4680f2c2577636608f561aa6014dc295b34e1d
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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
200808202006351781056248
Archive entry
200808202006351781056248.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:37 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#200808202006351781056248.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200808202006351781056248.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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