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Pixelated text on black background with two star symbols changing color between light blue and gray across repeated lines.

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Pixelated text on black background with two star symbols changing color between light blue and gray across repeated lines.

Pixelated text on black background with two star symbols changing color between light blue and gray across repeated lines. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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  • It's Simple
  • You Can
  • Hate Me
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  • Love Me

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071230135836944277095
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
370 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6b/6b558a5feaf91a400a4565b8a90833df7836912ef1681c1014bd7d09f277d974.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
6b558a5feaf91a40
SHA-256
6b558a5feaf91a400a4565b8a90833df7836912ef1681c1014bd7d09f277d974
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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
20071230135836944277095
Archive entry
20071230135836944277095.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 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#20071230135836944277095.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071230135836944277095.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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