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A static digital image displays repeated pink text 'ilove u' on a black background with cyan rectangular overlays.

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A static digital image displays repeated pink text 'ilove u' on a black background with cyan rectangular overlays.

A static digital image displays repeated pink text 'ilove u' on a black background with cyan rectangular overlays. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIc…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • repeated text
  • cyan overlays
  • black background

Dense Caption

The image consists of repeated pink text 'ilove u' in a pixelated font on a black background. Cyan rectangular overlays appear in multiple positions, some containing the same pink text. The text includes variations with 'not' appended and multiple exclamation marks. The image has no visible motion or animation changes.

Description

  • A static digital image displays repeated pink text 'ilove u' on a black background with cyan rectangular overlays.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 200708271657311921391959
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200708271657311921391959

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • ilove u cyan overlays
  • repeated ilove u text
  • pink text black background
  • ilove u not exclamation marks

Visible Text

  • ilove u
  • ilove u not
  • ilove u!!!!

Wordwall

  • repeated pink text
  • black background
  • cyan rectangular overlays
  • pixelated font
  • text variations
  • exclamation marks
  • no motion

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708271657311921391959
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ad/ade3457ced7dffc9833362686d89a6d6468cbbb7ea3c3130112d83f38710f9b7.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 UTC
Archive ID
ade3457ced7dffc9
SHA-256
ade3457ced7dffc9833362686d89a6d6468cbbb7ea3c3130112d83f38710f9b7
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 26, 2026 at 06:21 UTC
Run
1346
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

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openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:25 UTC
Run
1137
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
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Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
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OpenAI category scores

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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:22 UTC
Run
1095
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Overall label
nsfw
Overall score
0.934154

OpenAI category scores

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Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A static digital image displays repeated pink text 'ilove u' on a black background with cyan rectangular overlays.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 06:17 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,904 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,165, response 686

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • cyan (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • affectionate (mood, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • repetitive (style, 0.80)
  • text based (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • black
  • pink
  • cyan

Composition

  • repeated text
  • cyan overlays
  • black background

Dense Caption

The image consists of repeated pink text 'ilove u' in a pixelated font on a black background. Cyan rectangular overlays appear in multiple positions, some containing the same pink text. The text includes variations with 'not' appended and multiple exclamation marks. The image has no visible motion or animation changes.

Description

  • A static digital image displays repeated pink text 'ilove u' on a black background with cyan rectangular overlays.

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 collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): 2007-2016
  • collection identity (gallery; hint): franksicons
  • observation file-name (gallery): franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • observation title (gallery): 200708271657311921391959
  • observation file-name (gallery): 200708271657311921391959

Mood

  • affectionate
  • repetitive

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • ilove u cyan overlays
  • repeated ilove u text
  • pink text black background
  • ilove u not exclamation marks

Style

  • pixelated
  • text-based
  • repetitive

Visible Text

  • ilove u
  • ilove u not
  • ilove u!!!!

Wordwall

  • repeated pink text
  • black background
  • cyan rectangular overlays
  • pixelated font
  • text variations
  • exclamation marks
  • no motion
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 13:21 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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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
200708271657311921391959
Archive entry
200708271657311921391959.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:41 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#200708271657311921391959.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708271657311921391959.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016