Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Pixelated text and heart symbols on a bright pink background with two identical side-by-side layouts.

Permanent icon record

Pixelated text and heart symbols on a bright pink background with two identical side-by-side layouts.

Pixelated text and heart symbols on a bright pink background with two identical side-by-side layouts. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Bu…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • left heart has one pixel difference in top-left corner compared to right heart

Animation Summary

  • The left heart's top-left corner is solid dark purple while the right heart's top-left corner is hollow.

Composition

  • two identical side-by-side sections
  • text above heart symbols

Dense Caption

Bright magenta background. Two identical pixelated sections side by side. Each section contains '9.25.09' in dark purple, below which is 'al ways<3' (with lowercase 'a', missing 'l' before 'ways', and '<3' symbol). Below the text on each side is a small heart shape made of dark purple pixels. The left heart has one pixel difference: its top-left corner is solid while the right heart's top-left corner is hollow.

Description

  • Pixelated text and heart symbols on a bright pink background with two identical side-by-side layouts.

Metadata Not Confirmed 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 topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20091018152047890336585

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • magenta background pixel art
  • 9.25.09 al ways<3 heart icon
  • two identical sections with one pixel difference
  • dark purple text on magenta

Objects

  • heart symbol

Visible Text

  • 9.25.09
  • al ways<3

Wordwall

  • magenta background
  • 9.25.09 text
  • al ways<3 text
  • heart symbol
  • pixelated font
  • two identical sections

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20091018152047890336585
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.3 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/aa/aa246bcb886fb6516bb18558cb0e69e589653ada8d7affc764ba4636b68261bf.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 UTC
Archive ID
aa246bcb886fb651
SHA-256
aa246bcb886fb6516bb18558cb0e69e589653ada8d7affc764ba4636b68261bf
Content-safety assessments (2)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 12, 2026 at 17:30 UTC
Run
1287
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000743

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.000743falseviolence0.000531falseself-harm0.000511falseself-harm/intent0.000215falseviolence/graphic0.000010falseself-harm/instructions0.000002falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:23 UTC
Run
1135
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.163475

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.837729onnx/unsafe0.163475onnx/nsfw0.134032onnx/nsfl0.029442
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Pixelated text and heart symbols on a bright pink background with two identical side-by-side layouts.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 19:12 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
7,311 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,139, response 680

Review tags

  • dark purple (color, 0.80)
  • magenta (color, 0.80)
  • affectionate (mood, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • heart symbol (object, 0.80)
  • low resolution (style, 0.80)
  • pixel art (style, 0.80)

Animation

  • left heart has one pixel difference in top-left corner compared to right heart

Animation Summary

  • The left heart's top-left corner is solid dark purple while the right heart's top-left corner is hollow.

Colors

  • magenta
  • dark purple

Composition

  • two identical side-by-side sections
  • text above heart symbols

Dense Caption

Bright magenta background. Two identical pixelated sections side by side. Each section contains '9.25.09' in dark purple, below which is 'al ways<3' (with lowercase 'a', missing 'l' before 'ways', and '<3' symbol). Below the text on each side is a small heart shape made of dark purple pixels. The left heart has one pixel difference: its top-left corner is solid while the right heart's top-left corner is hollow.

Description

  • Pixelated text and heart symbols on a bright pink background with two identical side-by-side layouts.

Metadata Not Confirmed 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 topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 20091018152047890336585

Mood

  • affectionate
  • nostalgic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • magenta background pixel art
  • 9.25.09 al ways<3 heart icon
  • two identical sections with one pixel difference
  • dark purple text on magenta

Objects

  • heart symbol

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution

Visible Text

  • 9.25.09
  • al ways<3

Wordwall

  • magenta background
  • 9.25.09 text
  • al ways<3 text
  • heart symbol
  • pixelated font
  • two identical sections
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "aa246bcb886fb6516bb18558cb0e69e589653ada8d7affc764ba4636b68261bf",
  "description": "Pixelated text and heart symbols on a bright pink background with two identical side-by-side layouts.",
  "denseCaption": "Bright magenta background. Two identical pixelated sections side by side. Each section contains \u00279.25.09\u0027 in dark purple, below which is \u0027al ways\u003C3\u0027 (with lowercase \u0027a\u0027, missing \u0027l\u0027 before \u0027ways\u0027, and \u0027\u003C3\u0027 symbol). Below the text on each side is a small heart shape made of dark purple pixels. The left heart has one pixel difference: its top-left corner is solid while the right heart\u0027s top-left corner is hollow.",
  "wordwall": [
    "magenta background",
    "9.25.09 text",
    "al ways\u003C3 text",
    "heart symbol",
    "pixelated font",
    "two identical sections"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "9.25.09",
    "al ways\u003C3"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [
    "heart symbol"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "magenta",
    "dark purple"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixel art",
    "low-resolution"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "two identical side-by-side sections",
    "text above heart symbols"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "affectionate",
    "nostalgic"
  ],
  "animation": [
    "left heart has one pixel difference in top-left corner compared to right heart"
  ],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "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 topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
    "2007-2016",
    "franksicons",
    "20091018152047890336585"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "animationSummary": "The left heart\u0027s top-left corner is solid dark purple while the right heart\u0027s top-left corner is hollow.",
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "magenta background pixel art",
    "9.25.09 al ways\u003C3 heart icon",
    "two identical sections with one pixel difference",
    "dark purple text on magenta"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "heart symbol",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: heart symbol"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixel art",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixel art"
    },
    {
      "tag": "low resolution",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: low-resolution"
    },
    {
      "tag": "affectionate",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: affectionate"
    },
    {
      "tag": "nostalgic",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: nostalgic"
    },
    {
      "tag": "magenta",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: magenta"
    },
    {
      "tag": "dark purple",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: dark purple"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "aa246bcb886fb6516bb18558cb0e69e589653ada8d7affc764ba4636b68261bf",
        "description": "Pixelated text and heart symbols on a bright pink background with two identical side-by-side layouts.",
        "denseCaption": "Bright magenta background. Two identical pixelated sections side by side. Each section contains \u00279.25.09\u0027 in dark purple, below which is \u0027al ways\u003C3\u0027 (with lowercase \u0027a\u0027, missing \u0027l\u0027 before \u0027ways\u0027, and \u0027\u003C3\u0027 symbol). Below the text on each side is a small heart shape made of dark purple pixels. The left heart has one pixel difference: its top-left corner is solid while the right heart\u0027s top-left corner is hollow.",
        "wordwall": [
          "magenta background",
          "9.25.09 text",
          "al ways\u003C3 text",
          "heart symbol",
          "pixelated font",
          "two identical sections"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "9.25.09",
          "al ways\u003C3"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [
          "heart symbol"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "magenta",
          "dark purple"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixel art",
          "low-resolution"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "two identical side-by-side sections",
          "text above heart symbols"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "affectionate",
          "nostalgic"
        ],
        "animation": [
          "left heart has one pixel difference in top-left corner compared to right heart"
        ],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "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 topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
          "2007-2016",
          "franksicons",
          "20091018152047890336585"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "The left heart\u0027s top-left corner is solid dark purple while the right heart\u0027s top-left corner is hollow.",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "magenta background pixel art",
          "9.25.09 al ways\u003C3 heart icon",
          "two identical sections with one pixel difference",
          "dark purple text on magenta"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
Full source records (1)

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
20091018152047890336585
Archive entry
20091018152047890336585.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:03 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#20091018152047890336585.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20091018152047890336585.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016