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Four pixelated text blocks on green and pink backgrounds, each containing names or abbreviations in white with black outlines.

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Four pixelated text blocks on green and pink backgrounds, each containing names or abbreviations in white with black outlines.

Four pixelated text blocks on green and pink backgrounds, each containing names or abbreviations in white with black outlines. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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  • BFF
  • Grace
  • Jessie
  • Eva
  • Bailey
  • Josh
  • Declan
  • Patrick
  • Dane
  • Lachie

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20120104165150277615269
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/a9/a9bba75331ecca1a636d5b84808a83bcf1aadb32156805150e797e07f6af69f7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
a9bba75331ecca1a
SHA-256
a9bba75331ecca1a636d5b84808a83bcf1aadb32156805150e797e07f6af69f7
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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
20120104165150277615269
Archive entry
20120104165150277615269.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:09 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#20120104165150277615269.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20120104165150277615269.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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