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Pixelated pink and white checkered background with repeated text elements in black, including 'I', '<3', 'YOU', 'JAKE', 'MCSTEEN' arranged vertically.

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Pixelated pink and white checkered background with repeated text elements in black, including 'I', '<3', 'YOU', 'JAKE', 'MCSTEEN' arranged vertically.

Pixelated pink and white checkered background with repeated text elements in black, including 'I', '<3', 'YOU', 'JAKE', 'MCSTEEN' arranged vertically. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy…

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  • I
  • <3
  • YOU
  • JAKE
  • MCSTEEN

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712032014431408786223
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/77/77fb2a032a837308fc37bb6fe8376beefa4f5d7c349979972271d539aea2f1d0.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
77fb2a032a837308
SHA-256
77fb2a032a837308fc37bb6fe8376beefa4f5d7c349979972271d539aea2f1d0
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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
200712032014431408786223
Archive entry
200712032014431408786223.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 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#200712032014431408786223.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712032014431408786223.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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