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Pixelated image of a brown object with white circular elements, colorful pixelated patterns, and text overlays in cyan and black.

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Pixelated image of a brown object with white circular elements, colorful pixelated patterns, and text overlays in cyan and black.

Pixelated image of a brown object with white circular elements, colorful pixelated patterns, and text overlays in cyan and black. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet A…

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Mood

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Source terms

Composition

  • top-left cyan text
  • top-right black text
  • bottom partial black text
  • colorful patterns surrounding central object

Dense Caption

The image shows a pixelated brown object with white circular elements resembling eyes or buttons. Colorful pixelated patterns in red, blue, green, and yellow surround the object. Cyan text "im" appears in the top-left corner, black text "just" appears in the top-right corner, and partial black text "ersatil" appears at the bottom. The background is pink with pixelated effects. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation and color bleeding.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a brown object with white circular elements, colorful pixelated patterns, and text overlays in cyan and black.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • brown object white circular elements
  • cyan text im black text just
  • pixelated patterns pink background
  • partial text ersatil

Visible Text

  • im
  • just
  • ersatil

Wordwall

  • brown object
  • white circular elements
  • colorful pixelated patterns
  • cyan text "im"
  • black text "just"
  • partial black text "ersatil"
  • pink background
  • pixelated effects
  • retro digital appearance

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200812271745462025483308
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/58/58b0c5652a377f7c1c1497f30514075a896f630e7a4a93fcef91a9c21e259dbd.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC
Archive ID
58b0c5652a377f7c
SHA-256
58b0c5652a377f7c1c1497f30514075a896f630e7a4a93fcef91a9c21e259dbd
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 18, 2026 at 15:39 UTC
Run
1312
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000453

OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 25, 2026 at 17:16 UTC
Run
1187
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.001149

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.001149falseself-harm0.000567falseself-harm/intent0.000232falseself-harm/instructions0.000213falsesexual0.000143falseviolence/graphic0.000013falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:31 UTC
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1039
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.756271

OpenAI category scores

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Pixelated image of a brown object with white circular elements, colorful pixelated patterns, and text overlays in cyan and black.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 15:36 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
11,910 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,116, response 724

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • brown object (subject, 0.80)
  • white circular elements (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • brown
  • white
  • cyan
  • black
  • pink
  • red
  • blue
  • green
  • yellow

Composition

  • top-left cyan text
  • top-right black text
  • bottom partial black text
  • colorful patterns surrounding central object

Dense Caption

The image shows a pixelated brown object with white circular elements resembling eyes or buttons. Colorful pixelated patterns in red, blue, green, and yellow surround the object. Cyan text "im" appears in the top-left corner, black text "just" appears in the top-right corner, and partial black text "ersatil" appears at the bottom. The background is pink with pixelated effects. The image has a low-resolution, retro digital appearance with visible pixelation and color bleeding.

Description

  • Pixelated image of a brown object with white circular elements, colorful pixelated patterns, and text overlays in cyan and black.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Mood

  • playful
  • nostalgic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • brown object white circular elements
  • cyan text im black text just
  • pixelated patterns pink background
  • partial text ersatil

Objects

  • brown object
  • white circular elements

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro digital
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • brown object
  • white circular elements

Visible Text

  • im
  • just
  • ersatil

Wordwall

  • brown object
  • white circular elements
  • colorful pixelated patterns
  • cyan text "im"
  • black text "just"
  • partial black text "ersatil"
  • pink background
  • pixelated effects
  • retro digital appearance
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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
200812271745462025483308
Archive entry
200812271745462025483308.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 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#200812271745462025483308.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200812271745462025483308.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016