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Pixelated text and symbols on black background with one frame showing a pink heart symbol replacing the 'i love' text's space.

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Pixelated text and symbols on black background with one frame showing a pink heart symbol replacing the 'i love' text's space.

Pixelated text and symbols on black background with one frame showing a pink heart symbol replacing the 'i love' text's space. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol
  • <3 symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • <3 symbol

Visible Text

  • i love
  • carson
  • 1/6/09
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200901231440181768789246
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
260 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/58/587e267f0a24873746b3ac94135994f1317ee587e56e37c04ce22a7db7803f45.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
587e267f0a248737
SHA-256
587e267f0a24873746b3ac94135994f1317ee587e56e37c04ce22a7db7803f45
Full source records (1)

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
200901231440181768789246
Archive entry
200901231440181768789246.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:50 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#200901231440181768789246.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200901231440181768789246.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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