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Four distinct pixelated images of people with sunglasses, each labeled with a name and heart emoji in colored text boxes.

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Four distinct pixelated images of people with sunglasses, each labeled with a name and heart emoji in colored text boxes.

Four distinct pixelated images of people with sunglasses, each labeled with a name and heart emoji in colored text boxes. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • text box

Style

  • text overlay

Visible Text

  • kevin! <3
  • joe! <3
  • nick! <3
  • jobras! <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200809120722322104815937
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
6.5 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a8/a8035f6d3e4eb9be50724dddeee6d2a5ada6716ad74d2d57d6cf42a1bce73eaf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a8035f6d3e4eb9be
SHA-256
a8035f6d3e4eb9be50724dddeee6d2a5ada6716ad74d2d57d6cf42a1bce73eaf
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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
200809120722322104815937
Archive entry
200809120722322104815937.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:38 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#200809120722322104815937.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200809120722322104815937.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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