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six distinct pixelated images with text overlays, including a hand, smiley face, stethoscope, equal sign, and two figures with 'BFF' text

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six distinct pixelated images with text overlays, including a hand, smiley face, stethoscope, equal sign, and two figures with 'BFF' text

six distinct pixelated images with text overlays, including a hand, smiley face, stethoscope, equal sign, and two figures with 'BFF' text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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Mood

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Source terms

Style

  • text-overlaid

Subjects

  • hand
  • smiley face

Visible Text

  • VasiliaM
  • &
  • StaceyY
  • BFF
  • =

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201111050305471738807078
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.9 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6b/6b09d2217ab0cbbb2d1d98698eae0b96f2cec299ea1c6541786fc93c709c069c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6b09d2217ab0cbbb
SHA-256
6b09d2217ab0cbbb2d1d98698eae0b96f2cec299ea1c6541786fc93c709c069c
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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
201111050305471738807078
Archive entry
201111050305471738807078.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 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#201111050305471738807078.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201111050305471738807078.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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