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Pixelated blue square clusters and yellow text symbols on black background, with repeated patterns of vertical lines, angled brackets, and U-shaped forms.

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Pixelated blue square clusters and yellow text symbols on black background, with repeated patterns of vertical lines, angled brackets, and U-shaped forms.

Pixelated blue square clusters and yellow text symbols on black background, with repeated patterns of vertical lines, angled brackets, and U-shaped forms. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM b…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • four identical clusters
  • symmetrical arrangement
  • central cluster with three surrounding clusters

Dense Caption

Black background contains multiple identical sets of pixelated elements. Each set includes a small cluster of nested blue squares (top-left), a single blue dot above it, and a larger blue square below the dot. Below this cluster is a yellow vertical line, followed by a yellow angled bracket '<3', then a yellow U-shaped form. The same pattern repeats in four distinct positions across the image: top-right, bottom-left, center, and bottom-right.

Description

Pixelated blue square clusters and yellow text symbols on black background, with repeated patterns of vertical lines, angled brackets, and U-shaped forms.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200809101843012034507989

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue nested squares yellow U
  • <3 symbol blue squares black background
  • repeated pixelated patterns yellow text
  • yellow <3 and U shapes blue clusters

Objects

  • <3
  • U

Visible Text

  • >3
  • U

Wordwall

  • blue nested squares
  • yellow <3 symbol
  • yellow U shape
  • black background
  • repeated patterns

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809101843012034507989
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
714 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC
Archive ID
843e315eb427965f
SHA-256
843e315eb427965fd27acbd32753c1dbfc4e173765d6d3a2e11b6d666860829e
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Assessed
August 16, 2026 at 11:58 UTC
Run
1298
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
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Overall score
0.000605

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July 23, 2026 at 17:31 UTC
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Pixelated blue square clusters and yellow text symbols on black background, with repeated patterns of vertical lines, angled brackets, and U-shaped forms.

Reviewed
August 17, 2026 at 23:43 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,633 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,113, response 645

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • repetitive (style, 0.80)
  • nested blue squares (subject, 0.80)
  • yellow symbols (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • blue
  • yellow
  • black

Composition

  • four identical clusters
  • symmetrical arrangement
  • central cluster with three surrounding clusters

Dense Caption

Black background contains multiple identical sets of pixelated elements. Each set includes a small cluster of nested blue squares (top-left), a single blue dot above it, and a larger blue square below the dot. Below this cluster is a yellow vertical line, followed by a yellow angled bracket '<3', then a yellow U-shaped form. The same pattern repeats in four distinct positions across the image: top-right, bottom-left, center, and bottom-right.

Description

Pixelated blue square clusters and yellow text symbols on black background, with repeated patterns of vertical lines, angled brackets, and U-shaped forms.

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

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200809101843012034507989

Mood

  • playful
  • nostalgic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue nested squares yellow U
  • <3 symbol blue squares black background
  • repeated pixelated patterns yellow text
  • yellow <3 and U shapes blue clusters

Objects

  • <3
  • U

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • repetitive

Subjects

  • nested blue squares
  • yellow symbols

Visible Text

  • >3
  • U

Wordwall

  • blue nested squares
  • yellow <3 symbol
  • yellow U shape
  • black background
  • repeated patterns
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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
200809101843012034507989
Archive entry
200809101843012034507989.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#200809101843012034507989.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809101843012034507989.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016