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Purple background with dark purple text repeating names and phrases, scattered green pixel dots, and visible pixelation artifacts.

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Purple background with dark purple text repeating names and phrases, scattered green pixel dots, and visible pixelation artifacts.

Purple background with dark purple text repeating names and phrases, scattered green pixel dots, and visible pixelation artifacts. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet…

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  • I Lovople
  • Brendan
  • Taryn
  • Zach H
  • Julia
  • <
  • 3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090430121657815270466
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
48×48 pixels
File size
1.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b7/b7891fab93a2fb3a2c2fd8077a2fa64e3df932a8cb476d4410300e6702636281.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b7891fab93a2fb3a
SHA-256
b7891fab93a2fb3a2c2fd8077a2fa64e3df932a8cb476d4410300e6702636281
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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
20090430121657815270466
Archive entry
20090430121657815270466.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#20090430121657815270466.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090430121657815270466.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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