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Green pixelated text 'Best Friends 4ever <3' on blue background with white heart symbol above 'Best' on left side.

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Green pixelated text 'Best Friends 4ever <3' on blue background with white heart symbol above 'Best' on left side.

Green pixelated text 'Best Friends 4ever <3' on blue background with white heart symbol above 'Best' on left side. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIc…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • Best
  • Friends
  • 4ever
  • <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
201001061658421015492220
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
934 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/9f/9ff0825dd63a0c8aad448e395dc830c3b15dd62ddd9543bec013fbee790603d8.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
9ff0825dd63a0c8a
SHA-256
9ff0825dd63a0c8aad448e395dc830c3b15dd62ddd9543bec013fbee790603d8
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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
201001061658421015492220
Archive entry
201001061658421015492220.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:04 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#201001061658421015492220.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#201001061658421015492220.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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