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A pixelated blue and white icon with a stylized dark gray 'M' shape in the center, surrounded by blue vertical bars and white negative space.

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A pixelated blue and white icon with a stylized dark gray 'M' shape in the center, surrounded by blue vertical bars and white negative space.

A pixelated blue and white icon with a stylized dark gray 'M' shape in the center, surrounded by blue vertical bars and white negative space. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Interne…

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Source terms

Composition

  • vertical symmetry
  • central subject
  • negative space

Dense Caption

The icon features a central dark gray 'M' shape with a pixelated texture, surrounded by solid blue vertical bars on the left and right sides. White negative space forms a vertical channel behind the 'M' and between the blue bars. The blue bars have a slightly rounded top edge. The overall composition is symmetrical along the vertical axis. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance typical of early digital graphics.

Description

A pixelated blue and white icon with a stylized dark gray 'M' shape in the center, surrounded by blue vertical bars and white negative space.

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

  • blue 'M' icon
  • pixelated 'M' icon
  • symmetrical 'M' icon
  • blue and white 'M' icon
  • blocky 'M' icon
  • vertical 'M' icon
  • negative space 'M' icon
  • low-resolution 'M' icon

Visible Text

  • M

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  • blue vertical bars
  • white negative space
  • central 'M' shape
  • pixelated texture
  • symmetrical composition
  • low-resolution
  • dark gray letter
  • blocky appearance

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081028155619995090690
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 UTC
Archive ID
63cb79fc65c13774
SHA-256
63cb79fc65c13774529d821a9a4524ebb4c4298f4c3e1c95d7ccfd60a4caa162
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:42 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.093447

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A pixelated blue and white icon with a stylized dark gray 'M' shape in the center, surrounded by blue vertical bars and white negative space.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 05:58 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,993 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,090, response 673

Review tags

  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • dark gray (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • symmetrical (style, 0.80)
  • letter m (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • blue
  • white
  • dark gray

Composition

  • vertical symmetry
  • central subject
  • negative space

Dense Caption

The icon features a central dark gray 'M' shape with a pixelated texture, surrounded by solid blue vertical bars on the left and right sides. White negative space forms a vertical channel behind the 'M' and between the blue bars. The blue bars have a slightly rounded top edge. The overall composition is symmetrical along the vertical axis. The image has a low-resolution, blocky appearance typical of early digital graphics.

Description

A pixelated blue and white icon with a stylized dark gray 'M' shape in the center, surrounded by blue vertical bars and white negative space.

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

  • blue 'M' icon
  • pixelated 'M' icon
  • symmetrical 'M' icon
  • blue and white 'M' icon
  • blocky 'M' icon
  • vertical 'M' icon
  • negative space 'M' icon
  • low-resolution 'M' icon

Style

  • pixel art
  • blocky
  • symmetrical

Subjects

  • letter 'M'

Visible Text

  • M

Wordwall

  • blue vertical bars
  • white negative space
  • central 'M' shape
  • pixelated texture
  • symmetrical composition
  • low-resolution
  • dark gray letter
  • blocky 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
20081028155619995090690
Archive entry
20081028155619995090690.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:41 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#20081028155619995090690.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081028155619995090690.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016