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Black background with pixelated white text reading "I want to be the one" and a red pixelated heart symbol in the top-right corner.

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Black background with pixelated white text reading "I want to be the one" and a red pixelated heart symbol in the top-right corner.

Black background with pixelated white text reading "I want to be the one" and a red pixelated heart symbol in the top-right corner. 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • I
  • want
  • to
  • be
  • the
  • one

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081111131352917303344
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
959 bytes
Motion
Still image
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/92/925b81217f32efa5327866b7dfdf9879c29284c98db154ff57a6ecd0d2699bae.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
925b81217f32efa5
SHA-256
925b81217f32efa5327866b7dfdf9879c29284c98db154ff57a6ecd0d2699bae
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
20081111131352917303344
Archive entry
20081111131352917303344.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:43 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#20081111131352917303344.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081111131352917303344.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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