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Pixelated text on cyan background with animated pink heart and starburst symbols replacing the letter 'i' in each frame.

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Pixelated text on cyan background with animated pink heart and starburst symbols replacing the letter 'i' in each frame.

Pixelated text on cyan background with animated pink heart and starburst symbols replacing the letter 'i' in each frame. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

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  • heart
  • starburst

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  • i like this boy who i cant really like!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070906150405131639710
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:43 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
397 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a9/a9437f3631fb9c1ba877a21b4445e5069a6e44f87cb5f62b623d2879f55d0d42.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a9437f3631fb9c1b
SHA-256
a9437f3631fb9c1ba877a21b4445e5069a6e44f87cb5f62b623d2879f55d0d42
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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
20070906150405131639710
Archive entry
20070906150405131639710.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:43 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#20070906150405131639710.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070906150405131639710.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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