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A pixelated icon with text 'bestest friends forever <3' and a star symbol, displayed in red, white, and pink color variations.

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A pixelated icon with text 'bestest friends forever <3' and a star symbol, displayed in red, white, and pink color variations.

A pixelated icon with text 'bestest friends forever <3' and a star symbol, displayed in red, white, and pink color variations. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • star symbol

Subjects

  • <3
  • five-pointed star

Visible Text

  • bestest friends forever <3

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200906250859121643839558
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
807 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d0/d0212f9d1b1722f6de4c50d139ba46ab61f6a5f629ef0774a2f791a89c16cf3c.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d0212f9d1b1722f6
SHA-256
d0212f9d1b1722f6de4c50d139ba46ab61f6a5f629ef0774a2f791a89c16cf3c
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
200906250859121643839558
Archive entry
200906250859121643839558.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:59 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#200906250859121643839558.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200906250859121643839558.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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