Red background with black pixelated text repeating 'to choose' and question marks, a white cursor icon over the word 'choose'.

Permanent icon record

Red background with black pixelated text repeating 'to choose' and question marks, a white cursor icon over the word 'choose'.

Red background with black pixelated text repeating 'to choose' and question marks, a white cursor icon over the word 'choose'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Composition

  • horizontal repetition
  • centered cursor

Dense Caption

Solid red background. Black pixelated text repeats 'to choose' horizontally across top rows; middle rows show repeated 'agon' followed by multiple question marks in various arrangements. A white pixelated hand-cursor icon overlays the letter 'o' in 'choose' on the first row. Text is blocky, low-resolution, and uses a monospaced font style typical of early digital interfaces.

Description

  • Red background with black pixelated text repeating 'to choose' and question marks, a white cursor icon over the word 'choose'.

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

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red background pixelated text cursor
  • repeating question marks hand cursor
  • black text red background cursor
  • pixel art repeating question marks

Visible Text

  • to choose
  • agon
  • ?

Visually Supported Entities

  • cursor icon

Wordwall

  • red background
  • black text
  • pixelated
  • repeating question marks
  • hand cursor icon
  • blocky font
  • monospaced layout

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071108162424356024951
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:54 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.1 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/68/68ee62ac84b6709a7f7c1b43d2f601e9a3b6c09ad207163b8139614a5339b027.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:54 UTC
Archive ID
68ee62ac84b6709a
SHA-256
68ee62ac84b6709a7f7c1b43d2f601e9a3b6c09ad207163b8139614a5339b027
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:31 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.143194

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.860788onnx/unsafe0.143194onnx/nsfw0.097660onnx/nsfl0.045534
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Red background with black pixelated text repeating 'to choose' and question marks, a white cursor icon over the word 'choose'.

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 16:18 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,772 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,148, response 573

Review tags

  • overlays choose (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • confused (mood, 0.80)
  • repetitive (mood, 0.80)
  • question marks (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • monospaced text (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • cursor icon (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • overlays 'choose'

Colors

  • red
  • black
  • white

Composition

  • horizontal repetition
  • centered cursor

Dense Caption

Solid red background. Black pixelated text repeats 'to choose' horizontally across top rows; middle rows show repeated 'agon' followed by multiple question marks in various arrangements. A white pixelated hand-cursor icon overlays the letter 'o' in 'choose' on the first row. Text is blocky, low-resolution, and uses a monospaced font style typical of early digital interfaces.

Description

  • Red background with black pixelated text repeating 'to choose' and question marks, a white cursor icon over the word 'choose'.

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

Mood

  • confused
  • repetitive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red background pixelated text cursor
  • repeating question marks hand cursor
  • black text red background cursor
  • pixel art repeating question marks

Objects

  • question marks

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution
  • monospaced text

Subjects

  • cursor icon

Visible Text

  • to choose
  • agon
  • ?

Visually Supported Entities

  • cursor icon

Wordwall

  • red background
  • black text
  • pixelated
  • repeating question marks
  • hand cursor icon
  • blocky font
  • monospaced layout
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "68ee62ac84b6709a7f7c1b43d2f601e9a3b6c09ad207163b8139614a5339b027",
  "description": "Red background with black pixelated text repeating \u0027to choose\u0027 and question marks, a white cursor icon over the word \u0027choose\u0027.",
  "denseCaption": "Solid red background. Black pixelated text repeats \u0027to choose\u0027 horizontally across top rows; middle rows show repeated \u0027agon\u0027 followed by multiple question marks in various arrangements. A white pixelated hand-cursor icon overlays the letter \u0027o\u0027 in \u0027choose\u0027 on the first row. Text is blocky, low-resolution, and uses a monospaced font style typical of early digital interfaces.",
  "wordwall": [
    "red background",
    "black text",
    "pixelated",
    "repeating question marks",
    "hand cursor icon",
    "blocky font",
    "monospaced layout"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "to choose",
    "agon",
    "?"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "cursor icon"
  ],
  "actions": [
    "overlays \u0027choose\u0027"
  ],
  "objects": [
    "question marks"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "red",
    "black",
    "white"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixel art",
    "low-resolution",
    "monospaced text"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "horizontal repetition",
    "centered cursor"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "confused",
    "repetitive"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "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"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [
    "cursor icon"
  ],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "red background pixelated text cursor",
    "repeating question marks hand cursor",
    "black text red background cursor",
    "pixel art repeating question marks"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "cursor icon",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: cursor icon"
    },
    {
      "tag": "overlays choose",
      "category": "action",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: overlays \u0027choose\u0027"
    },
    {
      "tag": "question marks",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: question marks"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixel art",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixel art"
    },
    {
      "tag": "low resolution",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: low-resolution"
    },
    {
      "tag": "monospaced text",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: monospaced text"
    },
    {
      "tag": "confused",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: confused"
    },
    {
      "tag": "repetitive",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: repetitive"
    },
    {
      "tag": "red",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: red"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "68ee62ac84b6709a7f7c1b43d2f601e9a3b6c09ad207163b8139614a5339b027",
        "description": "Red background with black pixelated text repeating \u0027to choose\u0027 and question marks, a white cursor icon over the word \u0027choose\u0027.",
        "denseCaption": "Solid red background. Black pixelated text repeats \u0027to choose\u0027 horizontally across top rows; middle rows show repeated \u0027agon\u0027 followed by multiple question marks in various arrangements. A white pixelated hand-cursor icon overlays the letter \u0027o\u0027 in \u0027choose\u0027 on the first row. Text is blocky, low-resolution, and uses a monospaced font style typical of early digital interfaces.",
        "wordwall": [
          "red background",
          "black text",
          "pixelated",
          "repeating question marks",
          "hand cursor icon",
          "blocky font",
          "monospaced layout"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "to choose",
          "agon",
          "?"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "cursor icon"
        ],
        "actions": [
          "overlays \u0027choose\u0027"
        ],
        "objects": [
          "question marks"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "red",
          "black",
          "white"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixel art",
          "low-resolution",
          "monospaced text"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "horizontal repetition",
          "centered cursor"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "confused",
          "repetitive"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "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"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [
          "cursor icon"
        ],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "red background pixelated text cursor",
          "repeating question marks hand cursor",
          "black text red background cursor",
          "pixel art repeating question marks"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
20071108162424356024951
Archive entry
20071108162424356024951.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:54 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