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Pixelated of six distinct buddy icons featuring vibrant colors, abstract patterns, and text elements like 'Cool!!' and 'hi' with heart symbols

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Pixelated of six distinct buddy icons featuring vibrant colors, abstract patterns, and text elements like 'Cool!!' and 'hi' with heart symbols

Pixelated of six distinct buddy icons featuring vibrant colors, abstract patterns, and text elements like 'Cool!!' and 'hi' with heart symbols. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • star
  • heart
  • smiley face

Subjects

  • smiley face

Visible Text

  • hi
  • Cool!!
  • i
  • love
  • him

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090426154322962893500
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
7.9 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/69/6987de80002f05a3dd288f62f0e2b2ac6fc900c223d01df80eeb7dd7f4ee01c8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6987de80002f05a3
SHA-256
6987de80002f05a3dd288f62f0e2b2ac6fc900c223d01df80eeb7dd7f4ee01c8
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
20090426154322962893500
Archive entry
20090426154322962893500.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#20090426154322962893500.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090426154322962893500.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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