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Three people embrace in a group hug; one person wears a white top with gold accents, another a dark top, and the third a pink top.

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Three people embrace in a group hug; one person wears a white top with gold accents, another a dark top, and the third a pink top.

Three people embrace in a group hug; one person wears a white top with gold accents, another a dark top, and the third a pink top. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Animation

  • the person on the right shifts position slightly

Animation Summary

  • The animation shows a slight shift in the position of the person on the right during the group hug.

Composition

  • group hug
  • three people
  • light-colored wall
  • dark red vertical element

Dense Caption

Three people embrace in a group hug. The person on the left wears a white top with gold accents and has long dark hair. The person in the center wears a dark top and has long dark hair. The person on the right wears a pink top and has long dark hair. All three have their arms around each other. The background is a light-colored wall with a dark red vertical element on the left side. The image has a pixelated appearance.

Description

  • Three people embrace in a group hug; one person wears a white top with gold accents, another a dark top, and the third a pink top.

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 Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • group hug three people
  • white top gold accents dark top pink top
  • long dark hair light-colored wall dark red vertical element
  • pixelated group hug

Preprocessing Notes

  • The image appears to be a still frame from an animation; the animation shows a slight shift in the position of the person on the right.

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

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  • pink top
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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
2009042408511828753591
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
2.6 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC
Archive ID
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SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (3)
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Assessed
August 30, 2026 at 09:44 UTC
Run
15966
Input
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Preprocessing
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Overall label
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Overall score
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August 7, 2026 at 22:43 UTC
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July 23, 2026 at 19:24 UTC
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Three people embrace in a group hug; one person wears a white top with gold accents, another a dark top, and the third a pink top.

Reviewed
August 19, 2026 at 07:46 UTC
Run
61
Version
v5
Elapsed
9,671 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,106, response 817

Review tags

  • embrace (action, 0.80)
  • hug (action, 0.80)
  • white (color, 0.80)
  • affectionate (mood, 0.80)
  • dark red vertical element (object, 0.80)
  • dark top (object, 0.80)
  • gold accents (object, 0.80)
  • light colored wall (object, 0.80)
  • pink top (object, 0.80)
  • white top (object, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • three people (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • embrace
  • hug

Animation

  • the person on the right shifts position slightly

Animation Summary

  • The animation shows a slight shift in the position of the person on the right during the group hug.

Colors

  • white
  • gold
  • dark
  • pink
  • light-colored
  • dark red

Composition

  • group hug
  • three people
  • light-colored wall
  • dark red vertical element

Dense Caption

Three people embrace in a group hug. The person on the left wears a white top with gold accents and has long dark hair. The person in the center wears a dark top and has long dark hair. The person on the right wears a pink top and has long dark hair. All three have their arms around each other. The background is a light-colored wall with a dark red vertical element on the left side. The image has a pixelated appearance.

Description

  • Three people embrace in a group hug; one person wears a white top with gold accents, another a dark top, and the third a pink top.

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 Supported By Image

  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • affectionate

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • pixelated group hug

Objects

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Preprocessing Notes

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Source Metadata Interpretation

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  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Style

  • pixelated

Subjects

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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
2009042408511828753591
Archive entry
2009042408511828753591.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 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#2009042408511828753591.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#2009042408511828753591.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016