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A circular red icon with white text and a black-and-white image of a person, surrounded by pixelated red text on dark backgrounds.

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A circular red icon with white text and a black-and-white image of a person, surrounded by pixelated red text on dark backgrounds.

A circular red icon with white text and a black-and-white image of a person, surrounded by pixelated red text on dark backgrounds. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • figure

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  • it's all for you, for you my friend
  • and i will fight for you until the bitter end

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080619164929239208358
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b5/b5c08d6aae60c5cf42c4fd908cf286d852612737aaf1a3c9bafa362cda9a9b79.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b5c08d6aae60c5cf
SHA-256
b5c08d6aae60c5cf42c4fd908cf286d852612737aaf1a3c9bafa362cda9a9b79
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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
20080619164929239208358
Archive entry
20080619164929239208358.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:30 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#20080619164929239208358.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080619164929239208358.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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