<3 dare to be REAL. The icon shows a red plus sign, then a red starburst, and finally a red X over the text.

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<3 dare to be REAL. The icon shows a red plus sign, then a red starburst, and finally a red X over the text.

<3 dare to be REAL. The icon shows a red plus sign, then a red starburst, and finally a red X over the text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Sh…

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About this icon

Animation

  • changes from plus to starburst to X
  • adds small red dot
  • adds scattered red dots

Animation Summary

The icon changes from a red plus sign to a red starburst to a red X, then returns to the plus sign and adds small red dots that scatter below the text.

Composition

  • centered text
  • red symbols at bottom right

Dense Caption

<3 dare to be REAL. Text is black with white outline on white background. First frame has red plus sign at bottom right of text. Second frame replaces plus with red starburst. Third frame changes starburst to red X. Fourth frame returns to red plus sign. Fifth frame shows small red dot near bottom right of text. Sixth frame adds more red dots below the text. Seventh and eighth frames show scattered red dots around the text.

Description

  • <3 dare to be REAL. The icon shows a red plus sign, then a red starburst, and finally a red X over the text.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • <3 dare to be REAL
  • red plus starburst X animation
  • text-based buddy icon with symbols

Visible Text

  • <3
  • dare
  • to be
  • REAL.

Visually Supported Entities

  • <3 dare to be REAL.

Wordwall

  • <3
  • dare
  • to be
  • REAL
  • red plus sign
  • red starburst
  • red X
  • small red dot
  • scattered red dots

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2007120918031891047591
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.2 KB
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/98/9800fcf949a5e78cb93021c8db77f9dd03be169ca83bdfeebb087845fb3f437b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 UTC
Archive ID
9800fcf949a5e78c
SHA-256
9800fcf949a5e78cb93021c8db77f9dd03be169ca83bdfeebb087845fb3f437b
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:12 UTC
Run
1133
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.096200

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (1)
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<3 dare to be REAL. The icon shows a red plus sign, then a red starburst, and finally a red X over the text.

Reviewed
July 31, 2026 at 00:50 UTC
Run
55
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,590 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,104, response 680

Review tags

  • adds scattered red dots (action, 0.80)
  • adds small red dot (action, 0.80)
  • changes from plus to starburst to x (action, 0.80)
  • black (color, 0.80)
  • red plus sign (object, 0.80)
  • red starburst (object, 0.80)
  • red x (object, 0.80)
  • scattered red dots (object, 0.80)
  • small red dot (object, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)
  • text (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • changes from plus to starburst to X
  • adds small red dot
  • adds scattered red dots

Animation

  • changes from plus to starburst to X
  • adds small red dot
  • adds scattered red dots

Animation Summary

The icon changes from a red plus sign to a red starburst to a red X, then returns to the plus sign and adds small red dots that scatter below the text.

Colors

  • black
  • white
  • red

Composition

  • centered text
  • red symbols at bottom right

Dense Caption

<3 dare to be REAL. Text is black with white outline on white background. First frame has red plus sign at bottom right of text. Second frame replaces plus with red starburst. Third frame changes starburst to red X. Fourth frame returns to red plus sign. Fifth frame shows small red dot near bottom right of text. Sixth frame adds more red dots below the text. Seventh and eighth frames show scattered red dots around the text.

Description

  • <3 dare to be REAL. The icon shows a red plus sign, then a red starburst, and finally a red X over the text.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • <3 dare to be REAL
  • red plus starburst X animation
  • text-based buddy icon with symbols

Objects

  • red plus sign
  • red starburst
  • red X
  • small red dot
  • scattered red dots

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-based

Subjects

  • text

Visible Text

  • <3
  • dare
  • to be
  • REAL.

Visually Supported Entities

  • <3 dare to be REAL.

Wordwall

  • <3
  • dare
  • to be
  • REAL
  • red plus sign
  • red starburst
  • red X
  • small red dot
  • scattered red dots
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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
2007120918031891047591
Archive entry
2007120918031891047591.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:03 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