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Red square icon with black text 'mike<3' and white border; top-right corner has white heart, bottom-right corner has white starburst symbol.

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Red square icon with black text 'mike<3' and white border; top-right corner has white heart, bottom-right corner has white starburst symbol.

Red square icon with black text 'mike<3' and white border; top-right corner has white heart, bottom-right corner has white starburst symbol. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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Animation Summary

  • Heart symbol appears in top-right quadrant, starburst symbol appears in bottom-right quadrant; no other visible changes across observations.

Composition

  • four-quadrant
  • centered text
  • heart in top-right quadrant
  • starburst in bottom-right quadrant

Dense Caption

Red square background with white border. Black text 'mike<3' centered in all four quadrants. Top-right quadrant has white heart symbol in bottom-right corner of the quadrant. Bottom-right quadrant has white starburst symbol in bottom-right corner of the quadrant. All other quadrants have no additional symbols. Text is pixelated, consistent across all quadrants. White border is uniform thickness. Heart and starburst are distinct, non-overlapping symbols. Heart is solid white, starburst is white with four arms. Heart is positioned in top-right quadrant's bottom-right corner. Starburst is positioned in bottom-right quadrant's bottom-right corner. Heart and starburst are the only visible symbols besides the text. Text is identical in all four quadrants. Background is solid red. Border is white. Heart and starburst are static elements. No other visual changes are present. Heart is smaller than starburst. Heart is positioned slightly above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is in

Description

  • Red square icon with black text 'mike<3' and white border; top-right corner has white heart, bottom-right corner has white starburst symbol.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • mike<3 heart starburst red icon
  • red icon mike<3 heart starburst
  • mike<3 heart red icon
  • mike<3 starburst red icon
  • heart starburst red icon
  • mike<3 red icon
  • red icon heart starburst
  • mike<3 heart red starburst

Objects

  • heart symbol

Preprocessing Notes

  • heart and starburst are static elements
  • quarantined style: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: four-quadrant grid

Visible Text

  • mike<3

Wordwall

  • red background
  • white border
  • black text
  • mike<3
  • heart symbol
  • starburst symbol
  • pixelated text
  • solid red
  • white heart
  • white starburst
  • four quadrants
  • centered text
  • top-right heart
  • bottom-right starburst
  • heart above starburst
  • heart left of starburst
  • heart smaller than starburst
  • text identical in all quadrants
  • white border uniform
  • heart in top-right quadrant
  • starburst in bottom-right quadrant

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708290427521677025978
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:42 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
316 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/7c/7c06b5e579cf7fbb40b3f4eb8fdecbb6947982a05db27ad8a112b746412dd1dc.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:42 UTC
Archive ID
7c06b5e579cf7fbb
SHA-256
7c06b5e579cf7fbb40b3f4eb8fdecbb6947982a05db27ad8a112b746412dd1dc
Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:12 UTC
Run
1074
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.075130

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Red square icon with black text 'mike<3' and white border; top-right corner has white heart, bottom-right corner has white starburst symbol.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 06:55 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
10,037 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,109, response 938

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • heart symbol (object, 0.80)
  • starburst symbol (object, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)

Animation Summary

  • Heart symbol appears in top-right quadrant, starburst symbol appears in bottom-right quadrant; no other visible changes across observations.

Colors

  • red
  • white
  • black

Composition

  • four-quadrant
  • centered text
  • heart in top-right quadrant
  • starburst in bottom-right quadrant

Dense Caption

Red square background with white border. Black text 'mike<3' centered in all four quadrants. Top-right quadrant has white heart symbol in bottom-right corner of the quadrant. Bottom-right quadrant has white starburst symbol in bottom-right corner of the quadrant. All other quadrants have no additional symbols. Text is pixelated, consistent across all quadrants. White border is uniform thickness. Heart and starburst are distinct, non-overlapping symbols. Heart is solid white, starburst is white with four arms. Heart is positioned in top-right quadrant's bottom-right corner. Starburst is positioned in bottom-right quadrant's bottom-right corner. Heart and starburst are the only visible symbols besides the text. Text is identical in all four quadrants. Background is solid red. Border is white. Heart and starburst are static elements. No other visual changes are present. Heart is smaller than starburst. Heart is positioned slightly above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is positioned to the left of starburst. Heart is positioned above starburst. Heart is in

Description

  • Red square icon with black text 'mike<3' and white border; top-right corner has white heart, bottom-right corner has white starburst symbol.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • mike<3 heart starburst red icon
  • red icon mike<3 heart starburst
  • mike<3 heart red icon
  • mike<3 starburst red icon
  • heart starburst red icon
  • mike<3 red icon
  • red icon heart starburst
  • mike<3 heart red starburst

Objects

  • heart symbol
  • starburst symbol

Preprocessing Notes

  • heart and starburst are static elements
  • quarantined style: grid layout
  • quarantined composition: four-quadrant grid

Style

  • pixel art
  • text-based

Visible Text

  • mike<3

Wordwall

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  • white border
  • black text
  • mike<3
  • heart symbol
  • starburst symbol
  • pixelated text
  • solid red
  • white heart
  • white starburst
  • four quadrants
  • centered text
  • top-right heart
  • bottom-right starburst
  • heart above starburst
  • heart left of starburst
  • heart smaller than starburst
  • text identical in all quadrants
  • white border uniform
  • heart in top-right quadrant
  • starburst in bottom-right quadrant
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 13:31 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
200708290427521677025978
Archive entry
200708290427521677025978.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:42 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#200708290427521677025978.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708290427521677025978.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016