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A static image divided into four quadrants with text and a 3D sphere, featuring pixelated yellow text on blue backgrounds and red text on white.

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A static image divided into four quadrants with text and a 3D sphere, featuring pixelated yellow text on blue backgrounds and red text on white.

A static image divided into four quadrants with text and a 3D sphere, featuring pixelated yellow text on blue backgrounds and red text on white. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon…

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Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • sphere

Subjects

  • sphere

Visible Text

  • GIRL
  • Hard work beats talent...
  • when talent hardly works!!
  • FRANKS
  • 2007

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200708180757542127988243
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:39 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.9 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/d8/d8c8f4ef7148b38173bb05b151f8952f396e84b74079e8acc0455741cd5aaed5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
d8c8f4ef7148b381
SHA-256
d8c8f4ef7148b38173bb05b151f8952f396e84b74079e8acc0455741cd5aaed5
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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
200708180757542127988243
Archive entry
200708180757542127988243.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:39 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#200708180757542127988243.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200708180757542127988243.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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