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A static image with multiple text overlays and a group of people in the background.

A static image with multiple text overlays and a group of people in the background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons…, Late-2…

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Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • central group of seven individuals
  • text overlays top-left, top-right, bottom-left

Dense Caption

The image contains a central group of seven individuals standing side-by-side against a white background. Text elements are overlaid: top-left red 'These Guys', top-right cyan 'They Do ROCK MY SOCKS!!!', bottom-left green 'ALL WAYS WILL!!! LUV THEM TO DEATH'. The text uses blocky, pixelated fonts typical of early internet graphics. Some individuals wear dark clothing; one wears a brown jacket. Facial features include varied hairstyles and expressions.

Description

  • A static image with multiple text overlays and a group of people in the 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: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • These Guys They Do ROCK MY SOCKS!!!
  • ALL WAYS WILL!!! LUV THEM TO DEATH
  • seven people standing red cyan green text

Visible Text

  • These
  • Guys
  • They
  • Do
  • ROCK
  • MY
  • SOCKS!!!
  • ALL
  • WAYS
  • WILL!!!
  • LUV
  • THEM

Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200810051733571302229630

Wordwall

  • seven people standing
  • red text "These Guys"
  • cyan text "They Do ROCK MY SOCKS!!!"
  • green text "ALL WAYS WILL!!! LUV THEM TO DEATH"
  • white background
  • blocky pixelated fonts

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200810051733571302229630
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.2 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/86/86ce0a99a9ca11c080a3e47bb2526dd8d86e3b00ed2d48bcb32a986185eb1e6c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 UTC
Archive ID
86ce0a99a9ca11c0
SHA-256
86ce0a99a9ca11c080a3e47bb2526dd8d86e3b00ed2d48bcb32a986185eb1e6c
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 18, 2026 at 03:10 UTC
Run
1309
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.010159

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.010159falseself-harm0.004728falseharassment/threatening0.000772falsesexual0.000740falseharassment0.000705falseself-harm/intent0.000332falseself-harm/instructions0.000225falsehate0.000047falseviolence/graphic0.000041falseillicit0.000013falsesexual/minors0.000007falsehate/threatening0.000004falseillicit/violent0.000002false

Qwen scheduling evidence

Evidence strength is retained for queueing and audit. It does not set the public content-safety verdict.

EvidenceStrengthInputenrichment/visual/violence0.500000image
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 25, 2026 at 20:06 UTC
Run
1191
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.128559

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.128559falseself-harm0.041378falsesexual0.010178falseself-harm/intent0.008419falseviolence/graphic0.003472falseself-harm/instructions0.000327falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:37 UTC
Run
1127
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.748076

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.866488onnx/unsafe0.748076onnx/nsfw0.657396onnx/nsfl0.090679
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A static image with multiple text overlays and a group of people in the background.

Reviewed
August 18, 2026 at 03:06 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,800 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,112, response 671

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • brown (color, 0.80)
  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • enthusiastic (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • blocky text (style, 0.80)
  • early internet graphics (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • seven people standing side by side (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • red
  • cyan
  • green
  • white
  • black
  • brown

Composition

  • central group of seven individuals
  • text overlays top-left, top-right, bottom-left

Dense Caption

The image contains a central group of seven individuals standing side-by-side against a white background. Text elements are overlaid: top-left red 'These Guys', top-right cyan 'They Do ROCK MY SOCKS!!!', bottom-left green 'ALL WAYS WILL!!! LUV THEM TO DEATH'. The text uses blocky, pixelated fonts typical of early internet graphics. Some individuals wear dark clothing; one wears a brown jacket. Facial features include varied hairstyles and expressions.

Description

  • A static image with multiple text overlays and a group of people in the 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: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Mood

  • enthusiastic
  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • These Guys They Do ROCK MY SOCKS!!!
  • ALL WAYS WILL!!! LUV THEM TO DEATH
  • seven people standing red cyan green text

Style

  • pixelated
  • blocky text
  • early internet graphics

Subjects

  • seven people standing side-by-side

Visible Text

  • These
  • Guys
  • They
  • Do
  • ROCK
  • MY
  • SOCKS!!!
  • ALL
  • WAYS
  • WILL!!!
  • LUV
  • THEM

Visually Supported Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 200810051733571302229630

Wordwall

  • seven people standing
  • red text "These Guys"
  • cyan text "They Do ROCK MY SOCKS!!!"
  • green text "ALL WAYS WILL!!! LUV THEM TO DEATH"
  • white background
  • blocky pixelated fonts
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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
200810051733571302229630
Archive entry
200810051733571302229630.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:40 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#200810051733571302229630.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200810051733571302229630.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016