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Pixelated text repeats across black background with yellow stars and dotted lines, showing animation changes in star positions.

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Pixelated text repeats across black background with yellow stars and dotted lines, showing animation changes in star positions.

Pixelated text repeats across black background with yellow stars and dotted lines, showing animation changes in star positions. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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  • Kinda nice
  • Kinda mean
  • I geuss
  • n in betwem

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200806241741001121174791
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
1.4 KB
Motion
Animated (6 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/cd/cde97f6645adf9156b0d82f5f690a806fc8c435e0614c8b86ec04823c8466aa1.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
cde97f6645adf915
SHA-256
cde97f6645adf9156b0d82f5f690a806fc8c435e0614c8b86ec04823c8466aa1
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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
200806241741001121174791
Archive entry
200806241741001121174791.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:31 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#200806241741001121174791.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200806241741001121174791.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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