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Six colored squares display text and a symbol: cyan 'You', dark green 'can't', yellow 'read', red 'my', bright green 'icon!', purple '=)'.

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Six colored squares display text and a symbol: cyan 'You', dark green 'can't', yellow 'read', red 'my', bright green 'icon!', purple '=)'.

Six colored squares display text and a symbol: cyan 'You', dark green 'can't', yellow 'read', red 'my', bright green 'icon!', purple '=)'. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from I…

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  • You
  • can't
  • read
  • my
  • icon!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080920093509686349867
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.2 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/bf/bf57b01cb7442bb6da628e9cae025c5bd3ab7b8f07fb82f7d17c075fad163087.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
bf57b01cb7442bb6
SHA-256
bf57b01cb7442bb6da628e9cae025c5bd3ab7b8f07fb82f7d17c075fad163087
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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
20080920093509686349867
Archive entry
20080920093509686349867.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:39 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#20080920093509686349867.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080920093509686349867.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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