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Red pixelated text and symbols on black background with red border, four showing animation variations of sparkly icon elements

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Red pixelated text and symbols on black background with red border, four showing animation variations of sparkly icon elements

Red pixelated text and symbols on black background with red border, four showing animation variations of sparkly icon elements. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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  • heart symbol

Style

  • text-based icon

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  • i
  • <3
  • sparkly

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080125173915100248648
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
884 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/b8/b8dc97ed43dd66e30cf0a9bbedb0d126a67d1a1f5e966bc7af23102586d74276.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
b8dc97ed43dd66e3
SHA-256
b8dc97ed43dd66e30cf0a9bbedb0d126a67d1a1f5e966bc7af23102586d74276
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
20080125173915100248648
Archive entry
20080125173915100248648.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:11 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#20080125173915100248648.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080125173915100248648.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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