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Red pixelated heart above two identical white text labels reading 'Ben' with '<3' symbols on a black background.

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Red pixelated heart above two identical white text labels reading 'Ben' with '<3' symbols on a black background.

Red pixelated heart above two identical white text labels reading 'Ben' with '<3' symbols on a black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcon…

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Source terms

Composition

  • symmetrical layout
  • centered heart
  • two identical side-by-side labels

Dense Caption

Black background. Red pixelated heart symbol positioned at top center. Two vertical white lines below the heart, each centered over a gray '<3' symbol (left and right). Below each '<3', white blocky text reads 'Ben'. All elements are static; no animation observed despite input type labeled animated.

Description

  • Red pixelated heart above two identical white text labels reading 'Ben' with '<3' symbols on a black background.

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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Named Entities

  • Ben

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red heart ben
  • <3 symbols black background
  • ben text pixelated
  • two identical labels

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • <3
  • Ben

Visually Supported Entities

  • Ben

Wordwall

  • red heart
  • <3 symbols
  • white text
  • black background
  • two identical labels

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080518113724471042642
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
708 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 UTC
Archive ID
8209e119133195a8
SHA-256
8209e119133195a8bbb4fc28f1c135765858da3eaea4a57ab4b62c8b9446503c
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Assessed
August 2, 2026 at 19:23 UTC
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Preprocessing
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Red pixelated heart above two identical white text labels reading 'Ben' with '<3' symbols on a black background.

Reviewed
August 5, 2026 at 16:29 UTC
Run
58
Version
v5
Elapsed
14,079 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,144, response 543

Review tags

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  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • 3 symbols (object, 0.80)
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Colors

  • red
  • white
  • gray
  • black

Composition

  • symmetrical layout
  • centered heart
  • two identical side-by-side labels

Dense Caption

Black background. Red pixelated heart symbol positioned at top center. Two vertical white lines below the heart, each centered over a gray '<3' symbol (left and right). Below each '<3', white blocky text reads 'Ben'. All elements are static; no animation observed despite input type labeled animated.

Description

  • Red pixelated heart above two identical white text labels reading 'Ben' with '<3' symbols on a black background.

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 topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Named Entities

  • Ben

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • red heart ben
  • <3 symbols black background
  • ben text pixelated
  • two identical labels

Objects

  • heart symbol
  • text label 'Ben'
  • <3 symbols

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky text
  • low-resolution

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • text label 'Ben'

Visible Text

  • <3
  • Ben

Visually Supported Entities

  • Ben

Wordwall

  • red heart
  • <3 symbols
  • white text
  • black background
  • two identical labels
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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
20080518113724471042642
Archive entry
20080518113724471042642.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:27 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#20080518113724471042642.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080518113724471042642.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016