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A static image with a yellow-orange gradient background displaying 'im...' and 'HOTT' text in black pixelated font.

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A static image with a yellow-orange gradient background displaying 'im...' and 'HOTT' text in black pixelated font.

A static image with a yellow-orange gradient background displaying 'im...' and 'HOTT' text in black pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksI…

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Color

Source terms

Composition

  • four quadrants
  • text positioned top-left, top-right, bottom-left
  • solid gray bottom-right

Dense Caption

The image shows a static composition with a yellow-orange gradient background. Four instances of text appear: 'im...' in a smaller font above 'HOTT' in a larger font. The text is black, pixelated, and rendered in a blocky style. The background has a smooth gradient transitioning from yellow to orange. The image is divided into four quadrants, with the bottom-right quadrant being a solid gray color. The text is consistently positioned in the top-left, top-right, and bottom-left quadrants.

Description

  • A static image with a yellow-orange gradient background displaying 'im...' and 'HOTT' text in black pixelated font.

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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow-orange gradient text icon
  • HOTT im text
  • pixelated text icon
  • four quadrant icon
  • gray bottom-right icon

Visible Text

  • im...
  • HOTT

Wordwall

  • yellow-orange gradient background
  • black pixelated text
  • im... text
  • HOTT text
  • four quadrants
  • solid gray bottom-right
  • smooth gradient
  • blocky font style

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2009010119000517038326
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
5.4 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/83/83bfcdabeda23c9de9226ba580932847502721c520447d06ed5d7eaaeaff633f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 UTC
Archive ID
83bfcdabeda23c9d
SHA-256
83bfcdabeda23c9de9226ba580932847502721c520447d06ed5d7eaaeaff633f
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 21, 2026 at 01:16 UTC
Run
1319
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000876

OpenAI category scores

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 2, 2026 at 22:48 UTC
Run
1254
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.119985

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.119985falseviolence0.001293falseself-harm0.000486falseself-harm/intent0.000219falseviolence/graphic0.000031falseself-harm/instructions0.000004falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:29 UTC
Run
1111
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.333376

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (1)
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A static image with a yellow-orange gradient background displaying 'im...' and 'HOTT' text in black pixelated font.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 16:18 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
8,956 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,104, response 664

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • blocky (style, 0.80)
  • gradient background (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • yellow
  • orange
  • black
  • gray

Composition

  • four quadrants
  • text positioned top-left, top-right, bottom-left
  • solid gray bottom-right

Dense Caption

The image shows a static composition with a yellow-orange gradient background. Four instances of text appear: 'im...' in a smaller font above 'HOTT' in a larger font. The text is black, pixelated, and rendered in a blocky style. The background has a smooth gradient transitioning from yellow to orange. The image is divided into four quadrants, with the bottom-right quadrant being a solid gray color. The text is consistently positioned in the top-left, top-right, and bottom-left quadrants.

Description

  • A static image with a yellow-orange gradient background displaying 'im...' and 'HOTT' text in black pixelated font.

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
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: historical-archive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow-orange gradient text icon
  • HOTT im text
  • pixelated text icon
  • four quadrant icon
  • gray bottom-right icon

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky
  • gradient background

Visible Text

  • im...
  • HOTT

Wordwall

  • yellow-orange gradient background
  • black pixelated text
  • im... text
  • HOTT text
  • four quadrants
  • solid gray bottom-right
  • smooth gradient
  • blocky font style
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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
2009010119000517038326
Archive entry
2009010119000517038326.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:48 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#2009010119000517038326.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2009010119000517038326.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016