Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Bright pink background with scattered blue and purple stars, repeating orange text 'ShortStuff' across horizontal bands.

Permanent icon record

Bright pink background with scattered blue and purple stars, repeating orange text 'ShortStuff' across horizontal bands.

Bright pink background with scattered blue and purple stars, repeating orange text 'ShortStuff' across horizontal bands. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Fr…

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • horizontal text bands
  • scattered star pattern
  • bottom-right rectangle

Dense Caption

The image features a bright pink background. Scattered across the background are small star shapes in two colors: light blue (cyan) and lavender-purple. Three distinct horizontal bands of orange text repeat the phrase "ShortStuff"; each band contains four instances of this text, separated by spaces. The stars appear to be static with no visible animation changes between frames. A solid gray rectangular shape occupies the bottom-right corner of the image.

Description

  • Bright pink background with scattered blue and purple stars, repeating orange text 'ShortStuff' across horizontal bands.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20080223160506177292689

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink background shortstuff stars
  • shortstuff orange text pink stars
  • gray rectangle pink star text

Objects

  • rectangle

Visible Text

  • ShortStuff

Wordwall

  • bright pink background
  • light blue stars
  • lavender-purple stars
  • "ShortStuff" text
  • orange repeating text bands
  • gray rectangle in bottom right

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080223160506177292689
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
833 bytes
Motion
Animated (11 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d5/d5be63badfc0f2ce6bb1820db3fbe2c8546143f312d9db77ff99e89deb5aca0b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 UTC
Archive ID
d5be63badfc0f2ce
SHA-256
d5be63badfc0f2ce6bb1820db3fbe2c8546143f312d9db77ff99e89deb5aca0b
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 4, 2026 at 03:07 UTC
Run
1262
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000017

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagsexual0.000017falseharassment0.000008falseself-harm0.000002falseillicit0.000001falseviolence/graphic0.000001falsehate0.000001falseself-harm/intent0.000001falseviolence0.000001falsesexual/minors0.000001falseharassment/threatening0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falseself-harm/instructions0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000false
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
August 3, 2026 at 04:31 UTC
Run
1258
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.000509

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.000509falseself-harm0.000462falsesexual0.000126falseviolence/graphic0.000010falseself-harm/intent0.000005falseself-harm/instructions0.000002falseharassment0.000000falseharassment/threatening0.000000falsehate0.000000falsehate/threatening0.000000falseillicit0.000000falseillicit/violent0.000000falsesexual/minors0.000000false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:48 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.322088

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.775673onnx/unsafe0.322088onnx/nsfw0.193395onnx/nsfl0.128692
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Bright pink background with scattered blue and purple stars, repeating orange text 'ShortStuff' across horizontal bands.

Reviewed
August 4, 2026 at 02:52 UTC
Run
56
Version
v5
Elapsed
15,256 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,113, response 596

Review tags

  • lavender purple (color, 0.80)
  • light blue (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • pink (color, 0.80)
  • nostalgic (mood, 0.80)
  • playful (mood, 0.80)
  • rectangle (object, 0.80)
  • stars (object, 0.80)
  • text (object, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • repeating text bands (style, 0.80)
  • static stars (style, 0.80)

Colors

  • pink
  • light blue
  • lavender-purple
  • orange
  • gray

Composition

  • horizontal text bands
  • scattered star pattern
  • bottom-right rectangle

Dense Caption

The image features a bright pink background. Scattered across the background are small star shapes in two colors: light blue (cyan) and lavender-purple. Three distinct horizontal bands of orange text repeat the phrase "ShortStuff"; each band contains four instances of this text, separated by spaces. The stars appear to be static with no visible animation changes between frames. A solid gray rectangular shape occupies the bottom-right corner of the image.

Description

  • Bright pink background with scattered blue and purple stars, repeating orange text 'ShortStuff' across horizontal bands.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor

Metadata Only Entities

  • franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
  • 20080223160506177292689

Mood

  • playful
  • nostalgic

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • pink background shortstuff stars
  • shortstuff orange text pink stars
  • gray rectangle pink star text

Objects

  • stars
  • text
  • rectangle

Style

  • pixelated
  • repeating text bands
  • static stars

Visible Text

  • ShortStuff

Wordwall

  • bright pink background
  • light blue stars
  • lavender-purple stars
  • "ShortStuff" text
  • orange repeating text bands
  • gray rectangle in bottom right
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "d5be63badfc0f2ce6bb1820db3fbe2c8546143f312d9db77ff99e89deb5aca0b",
  "description": "Bright pink background with scattered blue and purple stars, repeating orange text \u0027ShortStuff\u0027 across horizontal bands.",
  "denseCaption": "The image features a bright pink background. Scattered across the background are small star shapes in two colors: light blue (cyan) and lavender-purple. Three distinct horizontal bands of orange text repeat the phrase \u0022ShortStuff\u0022; each band contains four instances of this text, separated by spaces. The stars appear to be static with no visible animation changes between frames. A solid gray rectangular shape occupies the bottom-right corner of the image.",
  "wordwall": [
    "bright pink background",
    "light blue stars",
    "lavender-purple stars",
    "\u0022ShortStuff\u0022 text",
    "orange repeating text bands",
    "gray rectangle in bottom right"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "ShortStuff"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [
    "stars",
    "text",
    "rectangle"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "pink",
    "light blue",
    "lavender-purple",
    "orange",
    "gray"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "repeating text bands",
    "static stars"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "horizontal text bands",
    "scattered star pattern",
    "bottom-right rectangle"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "playful",
    "nostalgic"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [
    "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
    "20080223160506177292689"
  ],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "pink background shortstuff stars",
    "shortstuff orange text pink stars",
    "gray rectangle pink star text"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "stars",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: stars"
    },
    {
      "tag": "text",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: text"
    },
    {
      "tag": "rectangle",
      "category": "object",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: rectangle"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "repeating text bands",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: repeating text bands"
    },
    {
      "tag": "static stars",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: static stars"
    },
    {
      "tag": "playful",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: playful"
    },
    {
      "tag": "nostalgic",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: nostalgic"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pink",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pink"
    },
    {
      "tag": "light blue",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: light blue"
    },
    {
      "tag": "lavender purple",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: lavender-purple"
    },
    {
      "tag": "orange",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: orange"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "d5be63badfc0f2ce6bb1820db3fbe2c8546143f312d9db77ff99e89deb5aca0b",
        "description": "Bright pink background with scattered blue and purple stars, repeating orange text \u0027ShortStuff\u0027 across horizontal bands.",
        "denseCaption": "The image features a bright pink background. Scattered across the background are small star shapes in two colors: light blue (cyan) and lavender-purple. Three distinct horizontal bands of orange text repeat the phrase \u0022ShortStuff\u0022; each band contains four instances of this text, separated by spaces. The stars appear to be static with no visible animation changes between frames. A solid gray rectangular shape occupies the bottom-right corner of the image.",
        "wordwall": [
          "bright pink background",
          "light blue stars",
          "lavender-purple stars",
          "\u0022ShortStuff\u0022 text",
          "orange repeating text bands",
          "gray rectangle in bottom right"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "ShortStuff"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [
          "stars",
          "text",
          "rectangle"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "pink",
          "light blue",
          "lavender-purple",
          "orange",
          "gray"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "repeating text bands",
          "static stars"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "horizontal text bands",
          "scattered star pattern",
          "bottom-right rectangle"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "playful",
          "nostalgic"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [
          "franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016",
          "20080223160506177292689"
        ],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "pink background shortstuff stars",
          "shortstuff orange text pink stars",
          "gray rectangle pink star text"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
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
20080223160506177292689
Archive entry
20080223160506177292689.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 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#20080223160506177292689.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080223160506177292689.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016