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Red pixelated text and symbols on black background: two 'i' characters, '<3', 'kyle', and '4eva' with a heart symbol in the center.

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Red pixelated text and symbols on black background: two 'i' characters, '<3', 'kyle', and '4eva' with a heart symbol in the center.

Red pixelated text and symbols on black background: two 'i' characters, '<3', 'kyle', and '4eva' with a heart symbol in the center. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • <3

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  • i
  • <3
  • kyle
  • 4eva

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806051920071631662953
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
227 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a8/a87c3f7bfd4b234abc8d7636761ae29c561d939d840ccc97cf21ce24bf7b512c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a87c3f7bfd4b234a
SHA-256
a87c3f7bfd4b234abc8d7636761ae29c561d939d840ccc97cf21ce24bf7b512c
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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
200806051920071631662953
Archive entry
200806051920071631662953.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:28 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#200806051920071631662953.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806051920071631662953.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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