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A bright pink background displays repeated text elements with animated symbols changing across frames.

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A bright pink background displays repeated text elements with animated symbols changing across frames.

A bright pink background displays repeated text elements with animated symbols changing across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared B…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • symbols adjacent to 'GENE' change across frames: + → star-like → x in left ; + → dot → none in middle ; + → dotted line → none in right

Animation Summary

  • Symbols next to 'GENE' change across frames: left shows + → star-like → x; middle shows + → dot → none; right shows + → dotted line → none

Composition

  • three vertical
  • text arranged top-to-bottom

Dense Caption

Bright pink background contains three vertical columns of dark brown text. Each column has 'I' at the top, followed by 'LOVE', then 'GENE + I'. In leftmost column: first frame shows '+' symbol next to 'GENE', second frame replaces it with a white star-like symbol, third frame changes it to an 'x' symbol. Middle column: first frame shows '+' symbol next to 'GENE', second frame replaces it with a white dot symbol, third frame removes the symbol entirely. Rightmost column: first frame shows '+' symbol next to 'GENE', second frame replaces it with a white dotted line symbol, third frame removes the symbol entirely. All text remains static except for symbols adjacent to 'GENE'.

Description

  • A bright pink background displays repeated text elements with animated symbols changing across frames.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 20080204193524240808352
  • observation title (gallery): 20080204193556886365097
  • observation file-name (gallery): 20080204193524240808352
  • observation file-name (gallery): 20080204193556886365097

Metadata Supported 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Named Entities

  • GENE

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink background text animation
  • I LOVE GENE symbols changing
  • three I LOVE GENE
  • GENE plus symbol variations

Objects

  • x symbol

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined animationSummary: Symbols next to 'GENE' change across frames: left column shows + → star-like → x; middle column shows + → dot → none; right column shows + → dotted line → none.
  • quarantined wordwall: three columns
  • quarantined composition: three vertical columns
  • quarantined animation: symbols adjacent to 'GENE' change across frames: + → star-like → x in left column; + → dot → none in middle column; + → dotted line → none in right column
  • quarantined retrieval: three columns I LOVE GENE

Visible Text

  • I
  • LOVE
  • GENE
  • +

Visually Supported Entities

  • GENE

Wordwall

  • pink background
  • dark brown text
  • three
  • I LOVE GENE + I
  • + symbol
  • star-like symbol
  • x symbol
  • dot symbol
  • dotted line symbol

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080204193524240808352
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080204193556886365097
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1 KB
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a3/a3a3b41f86e991b9cb8dc969bd90232f46ab933a3368147484fd4bee9787fe54.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 UTC
Archive ID
a3a3b41f86e991b9
SHA-256
a3a3b41f86e991b9cb8dc969bd90232f46ab933a3368147484fd4bee9787fe54
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 8, 2026 at 14:05 UTC
Run
1275
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000032

OpenAI category scores

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onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:20 UTC
Run
1135
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.218403

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.833861onnx/unsafe0.218403onnx/nsfw0.184720onnx/nsfl0.033683
Enrichment records (1)
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A bright pink background displays repeated text elements with animated symbols changing across frames.

Reviewed
August 3, 2026 at 17:06 UTC
Run
56
Version
v5
Elapsed
17,579 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,151, response 920

Review tags

  • symbol changes (action, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • quirky (mood, 0.80)
  • dot symbol (object, 0.80)
  • dotted line symbol (object, 0.80)
  • star like symbol (object, 0.80)
  • symbol (object, 0.80)
  • x symbol (object, 0.80)
  • pixelated text (style, 0.80)
  • static layout (style, 0.80)
  • text elements (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • symbol changes

Animation

  • symbols adjacent to 'GENE' change across frames: + → star-like → x in left ; + → dot → none in middle ; + → dotted line → none in right

Animation Summary

  • Symbols next to 'GENE' change across frames: left shows + → star-like → x; middle shows + → dot → none; right shows + → dotted line → none

Colors

  • pink
  • dark brown
  • white

Composition

  • three vertical
  • text arranged top-to-bottom

Dense Caption

Bright pink background contains three vertical columns of dark brown text. Each column has 'I' at the top, followed by 'LOVE', then 'GENE + I'. In leftmost column: first frame shows '+' symbol next to 'GENE', second frame replaces it with a white star-like symbol, third frame changes it to an 'x' symbol. Middle column: first frame shows '+' symbol next to 'GENE', second frame replaces it with a white dot symbol, third frame removes the symbol entirely. Rightmost column: first frame shows '+' symbol next to 'GENE', second frame replaces it with a white dotted line symbol, third frame removes the symbol entirely. All text remains static except for symbols adjacent to 'GENE'.

Description

  • A bright pink background displays repeated text elements with animated symbols changing across frames.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 20080204193524240808352
  • observation title (gallery): 20080204193556886365097
  • observation file-name (gallery): 20080204193524240808352
  • observation file-name (gallery): 20080204193556886365097

Metadata Supported 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 collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive

Mood

  • playful
  • quirky

Named Entities

  • GENE

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink background text animation
  • I LOVE GENE symbols changing
  • three I LOVE GENE
  • GENE plus symbol variations

Objects

  • + symbol
  • star-like symbol
  • x symbol
  • dot symbol
  • dotted line symbol

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined animationSummary: Symbols next to 'GENE' change across frames: left column shows + → star-like → x; middle column shows + → dot → none; right column shows + → dotted line → none.
  • quarantined wordwall: three columns
  • quarantined composition: three vertical columns
  • quarantined animation: symbols adjacent to 'GENE' change across frames: + → star-like → x in left column; + → dot → none in middle column; + → dotted line → none in right column
  • quarantined retrieval: three columns I LOVE GENE

Style

  • pixelated text
  • static layout

Subjects

  • text elements

Visible Text

  • I
  • LOVE
  • GENE
  • +

Visually Supported Entities

  • GENE

Wordwall

  • pink background
  • dark brown text
  • three
  • I LOVE GENE + I
  • + symbol
  • star-like symbol
  • x symbol
  • dot symbol
  • dotted line symbol
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Full source records (2)

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
20080204193524240808352
Archive entry
20080204193524240808352.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 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#20080204193524240808352.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080204193524240808352.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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
20080204193556886365097
Archive entry
20080204193556886365097.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:13 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#20080204193556886365097.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080204193556886365097.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016