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Pixelated text on bright pink background with two white heart icons below, using AIM-era emoticons and numeric shorthand.

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Pixelated text on bright pink background with two white heart icons below, using AIM-era emoticons and numeric shorthand.

Pixelated text on bright pink background with two white heart icons below, using AIM-era emoticons and numeric shorthand. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • Boy, i <3 u
  • that to mu
  • 2 ask??
  • Boy, i <3 u that to mu 2 ask??

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080101153643227434891
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
270 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/76/767acf6803da43363dacce727eb389b92f20d6c2ceb24c86684c7b57f14d4302.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
767acf6803da4336
SHA-256
767acf6803da43363dacce727eb389b92f20d6c2ceb24c86684c7b57f14d4302
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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
20080101153643227434891
Archive entry
20080101153643227434891.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#20080101153643227434891.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080101153643227434891.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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