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Blue background with light blue pixelated text and green plus signs scattered throughout, displaying repeated phrases and partial words.

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Blue background with light blue pixelated text and green plus signs scattered throughout, displaying repeated phrases and partial words.

Blue background with light blue pixelated text and green plus signs scattered throughout, displaying repeated phrases and partial words. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Int…

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  • u no ur
  • u no up
  • inlove when
  • the hardest
  • thins is to
  • say goodbye

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090428173518476403984
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
757 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/69/6972cac53bed23aabf4bd2a1244fbf4aba12242afabec2e49dd4c30a344517d6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6972cac53bed23aa
SHA-256
6972cac53bed23aabf4bd2a1244fbf4aba12242afabec2e49dd4c30a344517d6
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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
20090428173518476403984
Archive entry
20090428173518476403984.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 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#20090428173518476403984.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090428173518476403984.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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