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A static image with a bright pink background covered in red heart shapes, featuring cyan text repeated across the surface.

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A static image with a bright pink background covered in red heart shapes, featuring cyan text repeated across the surface.

A static image with a bright pink background covered in red heart shapes, featuring cyan text repeated across the surface. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive…

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Style

  • text overlay

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  • i wrote i3u on i3u on
  • my popper my popper
  • just 4 u z just 4 u z
  • find it find it

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080202115524504540034
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
751 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/98/9832e2865971cd26a7f4f594c343ec37e05a4604eee91ee9884f8a02dc27f03c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9832e2865971cd26
SHA-256
9832e2865971cd26a7f4f594c343ec37e05a4604eee91ee9884f8a02dc27f03c
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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
20080202115524504540034
Archive entry
20080202115524504540034.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 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#20080202115524504540034.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080202115524504540034.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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