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Blue background with repeated text showing 'bestfriends' and names like Eddie, Jmo, Eric, Ben, Dean, Tim, Alex, Greg in black pixelated font

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Blue background with repeated text showing 'bestfriends' and names like Eddie, Jmo, Eric, Ben, Dean, Tim, Alex, Greg in black pixelated font

Blue background with repeated text showing 'bestfriends' and names like Eddie, Jmo, Eric, Ben, Dean, Tim, Alex, Greg in black pixelated font. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon fro…

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  • bestfriends
  • Eddie,
  • Jmo.
  • Eric,
  • Ben,
  • Dean,
  • Tim,
  • Alex,
  • Greg.

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090224195320251846795
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
585 bytes
Motion
Animated (9 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/c2/c20ecd0548c0fe7ba392936780e633f9f65b1e95b4d140a189a9ade49f81cf21.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
c20ecd0548c0fe7b
SHA-256
c20ecd0548c0fe7ba392936780e633f9f65b1e95b4d140a189a9ade49f81cf21
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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
20090224195320251846795
Archive entry
20090224195320251846795.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#20090224195320251846795.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090224195320251846795.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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