Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
A blue background with green concentric circles contains four identical pixelated text-based icons showing 'caitlin' at top, 'loves' below it, a heart symbol and number 3 in the middle, then 'him' followed by three exclamation marks.

Permanent icon record

A blue background with green concentric circles contains four identical pixelated text-based icons showing 'caitlin' at top, 'loves' below it, a heart symbol and number 3 in the middle, then 'him' followed by three exclamation marks.

A blue background with green concentric circles contains four identical pixelated text-based icons showing 'caitlin' at top, 'loves' below it, a heart symbol and number 3 in the m…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • static icon set
  • no visible motion changes across observations

Composition

  • four identical icons
  • centered text
  • circular background elements

Dense Caption

Four identical pixelated icons arranged on a blue background with green concentric circles. Each icon displays text: 'caitlin' (white, top), 'loves' (white, below 'caitlin'), a heart symbol and number 3 (white, center), 'him' (white, below the heart/number), and three exclamation marks (white, bottom). The icons have green circular outlines. Pixelation is visible throughout.

Description

A blue background with green concentric circles contains four identical pixelated text-based icons showing 'caitlin' at top, 'loves' below it, a heart symbol and number 3 in the middle, then 'him' followed by three exclamation marks.

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

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • caitlin loves him exclamation marks
  • heart symbol 3 text icon
  • blue green concentric circles pixelated icon

Subjects

  • text-based icon
  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • caitlin
  • loves
  • ❤️3
  • him
  • !!!

Visually Supported Entities

  • caitlin
  • him

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • green concentric circles
  • caitlin text
  • loves text
  • heart symbol
  • 3 number
  • him text
  • exclamation marks

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080327155248197930497
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
4.4 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8a/8a952f3152629dc231d1325de809a606e1348207c3c9570716789ab63a785be3.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 UTC
Archive ID
8a952f3152629dc2
SHA-256
8a952f3152629dc231d1325de809a606e1348207c3c9570716789ab63a785be3
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:40 UTC
Run
1127
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.064514

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.939941onnx/unsafe0.064514onnx/nsfw0.033086onnx/nsfl0.031428
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A blue background with green concentric circles contains four identical pixelated text-based icons showing 'caitlin' at top, 'loves' below it, a heart symbol and number 3 in the middle, then 'him' followed by three exclamation marks.

Reviewed
August 4, 2026 at 20:32 UTC
Run
58
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,621 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,113, response 650

Review tags

  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • green (color, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • affectionate (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • concentric circles (object, 0.80)
  • iconic (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)
  • heart symbol (subject, 0.80)
  • number 3 (subject, 0.80)
  • text based icon (subject, 0.80)

Animation

  • static icon set
  • no visible motion changes across observations

Colors

  • blue
  • green
  • white

Composition

  • four identical icons
  • centered text
  • circular background elements

Dense Caption

Four identical pixelated icons arranged on a blue background with green concentric circles. Each icon displays text: 'caitlin' (white, top), 'loves' (white, below 'caitlin'), a heart symbol and number 3 (white, center), 'him' (white, below the heart/number), and three exclamation marks (white, bottom). The icons have green circular outlines. Pixelation is visible throughout.

Description

A blue background with green concentric circles contains four identical pixelated text-based icons showing 'caitlin' at top, 'loves' below it, a heart symbol and number 3 in the middle, then 'him' followed by three exclamation marks.

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

Mood

  • affectionate
  • playful

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • caitlin loves him exclamation marks
  • heart symbol 3 text icon
  • blue green concentric circles pixelated icon

Objects

  • concentric circles

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-based
  • iconic

Subjects

  • text-based icon
  • heart symbol
  • number 3

Visible Text

  • caitlin
  • loves
  • ❤️3
  • him
  • !!!

Visually Supported Entities

  • caitlin
  • him

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • green concentric circles
  • caitlin text
  • loves text
  • heart symbol
  • 3 number
  • him text
  • exclamation marks
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "8a952f3152629dc231d1325de809a606e1348207c3c9570716789ab63a785be3",
  "description": "A blue background with green concentric circles contains four identical pixelated text-based icons showing \u0027caitlin\u0027 at top, \u0027loves\u0027 below it, a heart symbol and number 3 in the middle, then \u0027him\u0027 followed by three exclamation marks.",
  "denseCaption": "Four identical pixelated icons arranged on a blue background with green concentric circles. Each icon displays text: \u0027caitlin\u0027 (white, top), \u0027loves\u0027 (white, below \u0027caitlin\u0027), a heart symbol and number 3 (white, center), \u0027him\u0027 (white, below the heart/number), and three exclamation marks (white, bottom). The icons have green circular outlines. Pixelation is visible throughout.",
  "wordwall": [
    "blue background",
    "green concentric circles",
    "caitlin text",
    "loves text",
    "heart symbol",
    "3 number",
    "him text",
    "exclamation marks"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "caitlin",
    "loves",
    "\u2764\uFE0F3",
    "him",
    "!!!"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "text-based icon",
    "heart symbol",
    "number 3"
  ],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [
    "concentric circles"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "blue",
    "green",
    "white"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "text-based",
    "iconic"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "four identical icons",
    "centered text",
    "circular background elements"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "affectionate",
    "playful"
  ],
  "animation": [
    "static icon set",
    "no visible motion changes across observations"
  ],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "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"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [
    "caitlin",
    "him"
  ],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "caitlin loves him exclamation marks",
    "heart symbol 3 text icon",
    "blue green concentric circles pixelated icon"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "text based icon",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: text-based icon"
    },
    {
      "tag": "heart symbol",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: heart symbol"
    },
    {
      "tag": "number 3",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: number 3"
    },
    {
      "tag": "concentric circles",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: concentric circles"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "text based",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: text-based"
    },
    {
      "tag": "iconic",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: iconic"
    },
    {
      "tag": "affectionate",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: affectionate"
    },
    {
      "tag": "playful",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: playful"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blue",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blue"
    },
    {
      "tag": "green",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: green"
    },
    {
      "tag": "white",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: white"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "8a952f3152629dc231d1325de809a606e1348207c3c9570716789ab63a785be3",
        "description": "A blue background with green concentric circles contains four identical pixelated text-based icons showing \u0027caitlin\u0027 at top, \u0027loves\u0027 below it, a heart symbol and number 3 in the middle, then \u0027him\u0027 followed by three exclamation marks.",
        "denseCaption": "Four identical pixelated icons arranged on a blue background with green concentric circles. Each icon displays text: \u0027caitlin\u0027 (white, top), \u0027loves\u0027 (white, below \u0027caitlin\u0027), a heart symbol and number 3 (white, center), \u0027him\u0027 (white, below the heart/number), and three exclamation marks (white, bottom). The icons have green circular outlines. Pixelation is visible throughout.",
        "wordwall": [
          "blue background",
          "green concentric circles",
          "caitlin text",
          "loves text",
          "heart symbol",
          "3 number",
          "him text",
          "exclamation marks"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "caitlin",
          "loves",
          "\u2764\uFE0F3",
          "him",
          "!!!"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "text-based icon",
          "heart symbol",
          "number 3"
        ],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [
          "concentric circles"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "blue",
          "green",
          "white"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "text-based",
          "iconic"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "four identical icons",
          "centered text",
          "circular background elements"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "affectionate",
          "playful"
        ],
        "animation": [
          "static icon set",
          "no visible motion changes across observations"
        ],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "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"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [
          "caitlin",
          "him"
        ],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "caitlin loves him exclamation marks",
          "heart symbol 3 text icon",
          "blue green concentric circles pixelated icon"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
20080327155248197930497
Archive entry
20080327155248197930497.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:20 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#20080327155248197930497.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080327155248197930497.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016