Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Pixelated cyan background with repeating peach hearts and four instances of "*maci*" text in teal, each surrounded by small stars.

Permanent icon record

Pixelated cyan background with repeating peach hearts and four instances of "*maci*" text in teal, each surrounded by small stars.

Pixelated cyan background with repeating peach hearts and four instances of "*maci*" text in teal, each surrounded by small stars. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Color

Source terms

Animation Summary

No visible animation changes; all frames display identical content with cyan background, peach hearts, and four instances of "*maci*" text with stars.

Composition

  • repeating heart pattern
  • text repeated four times

Dense Caption

Cyan background filled with uniformly spaced peach pixelated hearts. Four instances of the text "*maci*" appear in teal, each flanked by small pixelated stars. The hearts are consistent in shape and color across the background. The text "*maci*" is repeated four times in the same font and color. The stars are small, pixelated, and positioned immediately before and after the text. The overall style is retro pixel art with a limited color palette of cyan, peach, and teal. No animation changes are visible in the provided frames.

Description

  • Pixelated cyan background with repeating peach hearts and four instances of "*maci*" text in teal, each surrounded by small stars.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan background peach hearts *maci*
  • peach hearts teal text stars
  • retro pixel art cyan background
  • four *maci* text instances

Preprocessing Notes

  • No animation changes observed; all frames show identical content.

Visible Text

  • *maci*

Wordwall

  • cyan background
  • peach pixelated hearts
  • teal text *maci*
  • small pixelated stars
  • repeating heart pattern
  • retro pixel art style
  • limited color palette
  • four text instances

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
200708200844061807034523
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:39 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/71/71d7cc904a4d8c742d5257d18bf7a5a1882de40c16b9a744e70cef973dfbf080.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:39 UTC
Archive ID
71d7cc904a4d8c74
SHA-256
71d7cc904a4d8c742d5257d18bf7a5a1882de40c16b9a744e70cef973dfbf080
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 16:56 UTC
Run
1039
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.080155

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.929053onnx/unsafe0.080155onnx/nsfl0.040419onnx/nsfw0.039735
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated cyan background with repeating peach hearts and four instances of "*maci*" text in teal, each surrounded by small stars.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 02:35 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,079 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 680

Review tags

  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • peach (color, 0.80)
  • teal (color, 0.80)
  • peach pixelated hearts (object, 0.80)
  • small pixelated stars (object, 0.80)
  • teal text maci (object, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • retro (style, 0.80)

Animation Summary

No visible animation changes; all frames display identical content with cyan background, peach hearts, and four instances of "*maci*" text with stars.

Colors

  • cyan
  • peach
  • teal

Composition

  • repeating heart pattern
  • text repeated four times

Dense Caption

Cyan background filled with uniformly spaced peach pixelated hearts. Four instances of the text "*maci*" appear in teal, each flanked by small pixelated stars. The hearts are consistent in shape and color across the background. The text "*maci*" is repeated four times in the same font and color. The stars are small, pixelated, and positioned immediately before and after the text. The overall style is retro pixel art with a limited color palette of cyan, peach, and teal. No animation changes are visible in the provided frames.

Description

  • Pixelated cyan background with repeating peach hearts and four instances of "*maci*" text in teal, each surrounded by small stars.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • cyan background peach hearts *maci*
  • peach hearts teal text stars
  • retro pixel art cyan background
  • four *maci* text instances

Objects

  • peach pixelated hearts
  • teal text *maci*
  • small pixelated stars

Preprocessing Notes

  • No animation changes observed; all frames show identical content.

Style

  • pixel art
  • retro

Visible Text

  • *maci*

Wordwall

  • cyan background
  • peach pixelated hearts
  • teal text *maci*
  • small pixelated stars
  • repeating heart pattern
  • retro pixel art style
  • limited color palette
  • four text instances
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "71d7cc904a4d8c742d5257d18bf7a5a1882de40c16b9a744e70cef973dfbf080",
  "description": "Pixelated cyan background with repeating peach hearts and four instances of \u0022*maci*\u0022 text in teal, each surrounded by small stars.",
  "denseCaption": "Cyan background filled with uniformly spaced peach pixelated hearts. Four instances of the text \u0022*maci*\u0022 appear in teal, each flanked by small pixelated stars. The hearts are consistent in shape and color across the background. The text \u0022*maci*\u0022 is repeated four times in the same font and color. The stars are small, pixelated, and positioned immediately before and after the text. The overall style is retro pixel art with a limited color palette of cyan, peach, and teal. No animation changes are visible in the provided frames.",
  "wordwall": [
    "cyan background",
    "peach pixelated hearts",
    "teal text *maci*",
    "small pixelated stars",
    "repeating heart pattern",
    "retro pixel art style",
    "limited color palette",
    "four text instances"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "*maci*",
    "*maci*",
    "*maci*",
    "*maci*"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [
    "peach pixelated hearts",
    "teal text *maci*",
    "small pixelated stars"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "cyan",
    "peach",
    "teal"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixel art",
    "retro"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "repeating heart pattern",
    "text repeated four times"
  ],
  "mood": [],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [
    "No animation changes observed; all frames show identical content."
  ],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "No visible animation changes; all frames display identical content with cyan background, peach hearts, and four instances of \u0022*maci*\u0022 text with stars.",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "cyan background peach hearts *maci*",
    "peach hearts teal text stars",
    "retro pixel art cyan background",
    "four *maci* text instances"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "peach pixelated hearts",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: peach pixelated hearts"
    },
    {
      "tag": "teal text maci",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: teal text *maci*"
    },
    {
      "tag": "small pixelated stars",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: small pixelated stars"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixel art",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixel art"
    },
    {
      "tag": "retro",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: retro"
    },
    {
      "tag": "cyan",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: cyan"
    },
    {
      "tag": "peach",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: peach"
    },
    {
      "tag": "teal",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: teal"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "71d7cc904a4d8c742d5257d18bf7a5a1882de40c16b9a744e70cef973dfbf080",
        "description": "Pixelated cyan background with repeating peach hearts and four instances of \u0022*maci*\u0022 text in teal, each surrounded by small stars.",
        "denseCaption": "Cyan background filled with uniformly spaced peach pixelated hearts. Four instances of the text \u0022*maci*\u0022 appear in teal, each flanked by small pixelated stars. The hearts are consistent in shape and color across the background. The text \u0022*maci*\u0022 is repeated four times in the same font and color. The stars are small, pixelated, and positioned immediately before and after the text. The overall style is retro pixel art with a limited color palette of cyan, peach, and teal. No animation changes are visible in the provided frames.",
        "wordwall": [
          "cyan background",
          "peach pixelated hearts",
          "teal text *maci*",
          "small pixelated stars",
          "repeating heart pattern",
          "retro pixel art style",
          "limited color palette",
          "four text instances"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "*maci*",
          "*maci*",
          "*maci*",
          "*maci*"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [
          "peach pixelated hearts",
          "teal text *maci*",
          "small pixelated stars"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "cyan",
          "peach",
          "teal"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixel art",
          "retro"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "repeating heart pattern",
          "text repeated four times"
        ],
        "mood": [],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [
          "No animation changes observed; all frames show identical content."
        ],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "No visible animation changes; all frames display identical content with cyan background, peach hearts, and four instances of \u0022*maci*\u0022 text with stars.",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "cyan background peach hearts *maci*",
          "peach hearts teal text stars",
          "retro pixel art cyan background",
          "four *maci* text instances"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 12:18 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
Raw JSON
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
200708200844061807034523
Archive entry
200708200844061807034523.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:39 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#200708200844061807034523.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708200844061807034523.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016