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A person with dark hair and a black shirt holds up both hands in front of their face, with pink text overlays changing across frames.

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A person with dark hair and a black shirt holds up both hands in front of their face, with pink text overlays changing across frames.

A person with dark hair and a black shirt holds up both hands in front of their face, with pink text overlays changing across frames. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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Actions

  • text overlay change

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  • OMG
  • Hi
  • You

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080807060445531066945
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
4.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/63/6326985ea28c94430268a982a76c4ef0def0054a2c1e9e068dea24e3d7b49f5d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6326985ea28c9443
SHA-256
6326985ea28c94430268a982a76c4ef0def0054a2c1e9e068dea24e3d7b49f5d
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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
20080807060445531066945
Archive entry
20080807060445531066945.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:35 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#20080807060445531066945.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080807060445531066945.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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