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Black background with repeated pink text and scattered white stars, showing animation where star positions shift across frames.

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Black background with repeated pink text and scattered white stars, showing animation where star positions shift across frames.

Black background with repeated pink text and scattered white stars, showing animation where star positions shift across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arc…

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  • Live well
  • Laugh often
  • Love always

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080420180340505910496
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
931 bytes
Motion
Animated (11 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d4/d4daddcfdd615e192688269e5093a8d34318d1b07236b9bc292551fec568d333.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d4daddcfdd615e19
SHA-256
d4daddcfdd615e192688269e5093a8d34318d1b07236b9bc292551fec568d333
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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
20080420180340505910496
Archive entry
20080420180340505910496.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:23 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#20080420180340505910496.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080420180340505910496.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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