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Six identical headshots of a person with dark hair against a textured brown background, each paired with a distinct text label in colored boxes.

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Six identical headshots of a person with dark hair against a textured brown background, each paired with a distinct text label in colored boxes.

Six identical headshots of a person with dark hair against a textured brown background, each paired with a distinct text label in colored boxes. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • text overlay

Visible Text

  • E=Exciting!
  • D=Dazzling!
  • W=Wild!
  • A=Amazing!
  • R=Romantic!
  • D=Dashing!

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20100515171604110879336
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
8.7 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/80/80ccf08c7722a0b126d5f778ea6b26e93e05b79e32a08a9ad31b179b9a8cd912.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
80ccf08c7722a0b1
SHA-256
80ccf08c7722a0b126d5f778ea6b26e93e05b79e32a08a9ad31b179b9a8cd912
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
20100515171604110879336
Archive entry
20100515171604110879336.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:06 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#20100515171604110879336.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20100515171604110879336.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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