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A four- of pixelated chat exchanges on a bright pink background with yellow borders, each showing identical text except for the final line's emoji

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A four- of pixelated chat exchanges on a bright pink background with yellow borders, each showing identical text except for the final line's emoji

A four- of pixelated chat exchanges on a bright pink background with yellow borders, each showing identical text except for the final line's emoji. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy ic…

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  • g: hi
  • b: i luv u
  • g: really?
  • b: no
  • b: y wud

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080112103122208004549
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
487 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/5a/5afb2cf04390d60134794f0baae7d26a1c98b26f2b5bd2d386253c35d1c9010f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5afb2cf04390d601
SHA-256
5afb2cf04390d60134794f0baae7d26a1c98b26f2b5bd2d386253c35d1c9010f
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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
20080112103122208004549
Archive entry
20080112103122208004549.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:09 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#20080112103122208004549.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080112103122208004549.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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