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Pixelated text and heart symbols on a white background with green accents, transitioning to pink and black backgrounds with bold purple text.

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Pixelated text and heart symbols on a white background with green accents, transitioning to pink and black backgrounds with bold purple text.

Pixelated text and heart symbols on a white background with green accents, transitioning to pink and black backgrounds with bold purple text. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • Can you read this?
  • And now?
  • How Bout now?
  • YOUR BLIND IF U CANT READ THIS!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080814160709615857960
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.8 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/5e/5e7147528af1c97f250ec5f602cb361ceca2433218b86d0a1a79c89429e5b19f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
5e7147528af1c97f
SHA-256
5e7147528af1c97f250ec5f602cb361ceca2433218b86d0a1a79c89429e5b19f
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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
20080814160709615857960
Archive entry
20080814160709615857960.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:36 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#20080814160709615857960.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080814160709615857960.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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