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six pixelated icons with text overlays on varied backgrounds including pink polka dots, blue splatter, and green stripes

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six pixelated icons with text overlays on varied backgrounds including pink polka dots, blue splatter, and green stripes

six pixelated icons with text overlays on varied backgrounds including pink polka dots, blue splatter, and green stripes. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • face

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  • Hyperlink: Its The
  • -Blue-
  • Underline Thing
  • That You Click On click
  • To Get To The Internet 4
  • Inside Joke<3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805131551562098385476
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/96/96dcb3a8ef56fd61bec70b2ac42f75aff98cfcbe403c4ab181cc9851f772cf42.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
96dcb3a8ef56fd61
SHA-256
96dcb3a8ef56fd61bec70b2ac42f75aff98cfcbe403c4ab181cc9851f772cf42
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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
200805131551562098385476
Archive entry
200805131551562098385476.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:26 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#200805131551562098385476.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805131551562098385476.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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