Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Blue pixelated text 'i love my friends' on black background with animated heart and starburst symbols replacing the word 'love'.

Permanent icon record

Blue pixelated text 'i love my friends' on black background with animated heart and starburst symbols replacing the word 'love'.

Blue pixelated text 'i love my friends' on black background with animated heart and starburst symbols replacing the word 'love'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • heart symbol replaces 'love' in first state
  • starburst symbol replaces 'love' in second state
  • dotted circle symbol replaces 'love' in third state
  • no symbol replaces 'love' in fourth state

Animation Summary

  • The symbol above 'love' cycles through four states: solid heart, starburst, dotted circle, and empty space.

Composition

  • centered text
  • four animation states

Dense Caption

Black background displays blue pixelated text: top row reads 'i', middle rows read 'love', 'my', 'friends'; four variations show different animation states where the 'love' symbol changes from a solid heart to a starburst, then to a dotted circle, and finally to no symbol; all text remains static except for the animated symbol above 'love'.

Description

  • Blue pixelated text 'i love my friends' on black background with animated heart and starburst symbols replacing the word 'love'.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance era: 2007-2016

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue pixelated i love my friends
  • heart starburst dotted circle animation
  • black background text animation

Objects

  • heart
  • starburst

Visible Text

  • i
  • love
  • my
  • friends

Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

Wordwall

  • blue pixelated text
  • black background
  • i love my friends
  • heart animation
  • starburst animation
  • dotted circle animation

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711051514281889830424
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
311 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/6d/6d980615d17ea713b7f1f21e7ee982deb1da729aa2049ed13a1e8ac47f9a0e4f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 UTC
Archive ID
6d980615d17ea713
SHA-256
6d980615d17ea713b7f1f21e7ee982deb1da729aa2049ed13a1e8ac47f9a0e4f
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:52 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.135942

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.891881onnx/unsafe0.135942onnx/nsfw0.097078onnx/nsfl0.038864
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Blue pixelated text 'i love my friends' on black background with animated heart and starburst symbols replacing the word 'love'.

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 15:28 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,651 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,111, response 658

Review tags

  • animates (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • affectionate (mood, 0.80)
  • dotted circle (object, 0.80)
  • heart (object, 0.80)
  • starburst (object, 0.80)
  • heart symbol replaces love in first state (other, 0.80)
  • 8 bit (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • symbols (subject, 0.80)
  • text (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • animates

Animation

  • heart symbol replaces 'love' in first state
  • starburst symbol replaces 'love' in second state
  • dotted circle symbol replaces 'love' in third state
  • no symbol replaces 'love' in fourth state

Animation Summary

  • The symbol above 'love' cycles through four states: solid heart, starburst, dotted circle, and empty space.

Colors

  • black
  • blue

Composition

  • centered text
  • four animation states

Dense Caption

Black background displays blue pixelated text: top row reads 'i', middle rows read 'love', 'my', 'friends'; four variations show different animation states where the 'love' symbol changes from a solid heart to a starburst, then to a dotted circle, and finally to no symbol; all text remains static except for the animated symbol above 'love'.

Description

  • Blue pixelated text 'i love my friends' on black background with animated heart and starburst symbols replacing the word 'love'.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons
  • unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance era: 2007-2016

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • affectionate

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue pixelated i love my friends
  • heart starburst dotted circle animation
  • black background text animation

Objects

  • heart
  • starburst
  • dotted circle

Style

  • pixel art
  • 8-bit

Subjects

  • text
  • symbols

Visible Text

  • i
  • love
  • my
  • friends

Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

Wordwall

  • blue pixelated text
  • black background
  • i love my friends
  • heart animation
  • starburst animation
  • dotted circle animation
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "6d980615d17ea713b7f1f21e7ee982deb1da729aa2049ed13a1e8ac47f9a0e4f",
  "description": "Blue pixelated text \u0027i love my friends\u0027 on black background with animated heart and starburst symbols replacing the word \u0027love\u0027.",
  "denseCaption": "Black background displays blue pixelated text: top row reads \u0027i\u0027, middle rows read \u0027love\u0027, \u0027my\u0027, \u0027friends\u0027; four variations show different animation states where the \u0027love\u0027 symbol changes from a solid heart to a starburst, then to a dotted circle, and finally to no symbol; all text remains static except for the animated symbol above \u0027love\u0027.",
  "wordwall": [
    "blue pixelated text",
    "black background",
    "i love my friends",
    "heart animation",
    "starburst animation",
    "dotted circle animation"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "i",
    "love",
    "my",
    "friends"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "text",
    "symbols"
  ],
  "actions": [
    "animates"
  ],
  "objects": [
    "heart",
    "starburst",
    "dotted circle"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "black",
    "blue"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixel art",
    "8-bit"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "centered text",
    "four animation states"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "affectionate"
  ],
  "animation": [
    "heart symbol replaces \u0027love\u0027 in first state",
    "starburst symbol replaces \u0027love\u0027 in second state",
    "dotted circle symbol replaces \u0027love\u0027 in third state",
    "no symbol replaces \u0027love\u0027 in fourth state"
  ],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [
    "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016"
  ],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "franksicons",
    "unconfirmed metadataSupportedByImage not promoted: provenance era: 2007-2016"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "The symbol above \u0027love\u0027 cycles through four states: solid heart, starburst, dotted circle, and empty space.",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "blue pixelated i love my friends",
    "heart starburst dotted circle animation",
    "black background text animation"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "text",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: text"
    },
    {
      "tag": "symbols",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: symbols"
    },
    {
      "tag": "animates",
      "category": "action",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: animates"
    },
    {
      "tag": "heart",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: heart"
    },
    {
      "tag": "starburst",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: starburst"
    },
    {
      "tag": "dotted circle",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: dotted circle"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixel art",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixel art"
    },
    {
      "tag": "8 bit",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: 8-bit"
    },
    {
      "tag": "affectionate",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: affectionate"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blue",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blue"
    },
    {
      "tag": "heart symbol replaces love in first state",
      "category": "other",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: heart symbol replaces \u0027love\u0027 in first state"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "6d980615d17ea713b7f1f21e7ee982deb1da729aa2049ed13a1e8ac47f9a0e4f",
        "description": "Blue pixelated text \u0027i love my friends\u0027 on black background with animated heart and starburst symbols replacing the word \u0027love\u0027.",
        "denseCaption": "Black background displays blue pixelated text: top row reads \u0027i\u0027, middle rows read \u0027love\u0027, \u0027my\u0027, \u0027friends\u0027; four variations show different animation states where the \u0027love\u0027 symbol changes from a solid heart to a starburst, then to a dotted circle, and finally to no symbol; all text remains static except for the animated symbol above \u0027love\u0027.",
        "wordwall": [
          "blue pixelated text",
          "black background",
          "i love my friends",
          "heart animation",
          "starburst animation",
          "dotted circle animation"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "i",
          "love",
          "my",
          "friends"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "text",
          "symbols"
        ],
        "actions": [
          "animates"
        ],
        "objects": [
          "heart",
          "starburst",
          "dotted circle"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "black",
          "blue"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixel art",
          "8-bit"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "centered text",
          "four animation states"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "affectionate"
        ],
        "animation": [
          "heart symbol replaces \u0027love\u0027 in first state",
          "starburst symbol replaces \u0027love\u0027 in second state",
          "dotted circle symbol replaces \u0027love\u0027 in third state",
          "no symbol replaces \u0027love\u0027 in fourth state"
        ],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [
          "provenance era: 2007-2016",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [
          "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016"
        ],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "franksicons"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "The symbol above \u0027love\u0027 cycles through four states: solid heart, starburst, dotted circle, and empty space.",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "blue pixelated i love my friends",
          "heart starburst dotted circle animation",
          "black background text animation"
        ],
        "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
200711051514281889830424
Archive entry
200711051514281889830424.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:53 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#200711051514281889830424.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711051514281889830424.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016