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Pixelated icon with vertical text "ILY" and "<3" on bright pink background, featuring three distinct animation states: heart, starburst, and dot cluster.

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Pixelated icon with vertical text "ILY" and "<3" on bright pink background, featuring three distinct animation states: heart, starburst, and dot cluster.

Pixelated icon with vertical text "ILY" and "<3" on bright pink background, featuring three distinct animation states: heart, starburst, and dot cluster. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM bu…

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Source terms

Actions

  • animation

Subjects

  • heart
  • starburst

Visible Text

  • ILY
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200910311651281918906469
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
275 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8e/8ef52644ed4049c7e3090640dfb9ef01f0adc9a5ed8e25442699ad4029575cd7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8ef52644ed4049c7
SHA-256
8ef52644ed4049c7e3090640dfb9ef01f0adc9a5ed8e25442699ad4029575cd7
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
200910311651281918906469
Archive entry
200910311651281918906469.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 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#200910311651281918906469.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200910311651281918906469.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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