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Purple square with cyan border containing white pixelated text and two distinct animated symbols in bottom-right corners.

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Purple square with cyan border containing white pixelated text and two distinct animated symbols in bottom-right corners.

Purple square with cyan border containing white pixelated text and two distinct animated symbols in bottom-right corners. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • heart symbol
  • star symbol

Subjects

  • heart symbol
  • star symbol

Visible Text

  • erica+
  • sam+
  • mckayla=
  • bffls<33

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20100214113854911391067
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:05 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
390 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b3/b352b6e6edf6b882b7484b45ed7334d12e91781f7fd5f7a3f5b21bdaa3c6d0fb.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b352b6e6edf6b882
SHA-256
b352b6e6edf6b882b7484b45ed7334d12e91781f7fd5f7a3f5b21bdaa3c6d0fb
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
20100214113854911391067
Archive entry
20100214113854911391067.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 16:05 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#20100214113854911391067.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20100214113854911391067.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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