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Animated icon with pink text "Light up the world" repeated four times around a central light beam structure on black background.

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Animated icon with pink text "Light up the world" repeated four times around a central light beam structure on black background.

Animated icon with pink text "Light up the world" repeated four times around a central light beam structure on black background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Ar…

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200805051525351183597241
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 UTC

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Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d0/d0e0c4663013fe172d8db4ce74a8c3a714f1af43de25b21559d9b27bec3aad5b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d0e0c4663013fe17
SHA-256
d0e0c4663013fe172d8db4ce74a8c3a714f1af43de25b21559d9b27bec3aad5b
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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
200805051525351183597241
Archive entry
200805051525351183597241.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:25 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#200805051525351183597241.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200805051525351183597241.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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