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Red background with white pixelated text and orange symbols; two identical frames show 'i', '<3', '2', 'cheer!', and five orange symbols below.

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Red background with white pixelated text and orange symbols; two identical frames show 'i', '<3', '2', 'cheer!', and five orange symbols below.

Red background with white pixelated text and orange symbols; two identical frames show 'i', '<3', '2', 'cheer!', and five orange symbols below. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon f…

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  • i
  • <3
  • 2
  • cheer!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090530054832556081701
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
272 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8b/8b0aa86ec44106dd6d01d5ceab403f53828192c03174c7a1dab08baddb54f3a4.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8b0aa86ec44106dd
SHA-256
8b0aa86ec44106dd6d01d5ceab403f53828192c03174c7a1dab08baddb54f3a4
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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
20090530054832556081701
Archive entry
20090530054832556081701.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:58 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#20090530054832556081701.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090530054832556081701.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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