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Purple background with black text reading "i love my 'FRIENDS'" and animated blue pixel symbols changing between heart, starburst, and dots.

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Purple background with black text reading "i love my 'FRIENDS'" and animated blue pixel symbols changing between heart, starburst, and dots.

Purple background with black text reading "i love my 'FRIENDS'" and animated blue pixel symbols changing between heart, starburst, and dots. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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Action

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart
  • starburst

Visible Text

  • i
  • love
  • my
  • 'FRIENDS'

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200712041605341936386685
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
334 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ab/ab58c8bfc8d5f724c7f38a78c8b493ba7310d68b137e7fff8d21febf8e5032de.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ab58c8bfc8d5f724
SHA-256
ab58c8bfc8d5f724c7f38a78c8b493ba7310d68b137e7fff8d21febf8e5032de
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
200712041605341936386685
Archive entry
200712041605341936386685.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:02 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#200712041605341936386685.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200712041605341936386685.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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