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Black background with pink dotted hearts and lines, white text repeating Better Than You, a white smiley face :), and scattered purple dots.

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Black background with pink dotted hearts and lines, white text repeating Better Than You, a white smiley face :), and scattered purple dots.

Black background with pink dotted hearts and lines, white text repeating Better Than You, a white smiley face :), and scattered purple dots. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • rectangle

Subjects

  • :)

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  • Better
  • Than
  • You

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080329091735373112783
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/75/75356fd255323dae872f62220e98515a866cf0dffa00d3c8eaa027e4044113e5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
75356fd255323dae
SHA-256
75356fd255323dae872f62220e98515a866cf0dffa00d3c8eaa027e4044113e5
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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
20080329091735373112783
Archive entry
20080329091735373112783.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:21 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#20080329091735373112783.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080329091735373112783.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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