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A pixelated heart-shaped icon with a broken center, red and gray tones on dark background, surrounded by text fragments.

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A pixelated heart-shaped icon with a broken center, red and gray tones on dark background, surrounded by text fragments.

A pixelated heart-shaped icon with a broken center, red and gray tones on dark background, surrounded by text fragments. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Style

  • 8-bit graphics

Subjects

  • heart shape

Visible Text

  • so.... theres this boy...
  • who stole my heart
  • when he said he loved me

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712281306351197827853
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/8f/8fa681111313e5d45852c24868b529c733b3e9938b0cf75b241b7cad2608a00d.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
8fa681111313e5d4
SHA-256
8fa681111313e5d45852c24868b529c733b3e9938b0cf75b241b7cad2608a00d
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
200712281306351197827853
Archive entry
200712281306351197827853.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:07 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#200712281306351197827853.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712281306351197827853.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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