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Pixelated icon with red text and heart symbols on black background, featuring repeated 'sam' and 'i u o' sequences.

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Pixelated icon with red text and heart symbols on black background, featuring repeated 'sam' and 'i u o' sequences.

Pixelated icon with red text and heart symbols on black background, featuring repeated 'sam' and 'i u o' sequences. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksI…

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  • i
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  • o

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200801311513001162826996
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
419 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ba/ba21e4b309ac6d9fa6739e6ffb08f7c827a8fad698ae813d0c1852304d65a068.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
ba21e4b309ac6d9f
SHA-256
ba21e4b309ac6d9fa6739e6ffb08f7c827a8fad698ae813d0c1852304d65a068
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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
200801311513001162826996
Archive entry
200801311513001162826996.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:12 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#200801311513001162826996.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200801311513001162826996.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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