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A four-quadrant with green backgrounds and text elements; bottom-right quadrant shows a pixelated image of a person in gold clothing

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A four-quadrant with green backgrounds and text elements; bottom-right quadrant shows a pixelated image of a person in gold clothing

A four-quadrant with green backgrounds and text elements; bottom-right quadrant shows a pixelated image of a person in gold clothing. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM buddy icon from Intern…

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  • we
  • fly
  • high
  • no
  • lie
  • you
  • know
  • this
  • VAULTING

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20080221170924162191652
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:15 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
3.6 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d6/d6cd9036e03e25173e1edbd40c6d8714a9c79d10251cafd7a257f6ed1d09b4a9.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d6cd9036e03e2517
SHA-256
d6cd9036e03e25173e1edbd40c6d8714a9c79d10251cafd7a257f6ed1d09b4a9
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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
20080221170924162191652
Archive entry
20080221170924162191652.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#20080221170924162191652.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20080221170924162191652.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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