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A four- of pixelated text and symbols on black, dark red, bright red, and maroon backgrounds with a star icon changing color

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A four- of pixelated text and symbols on black, dark red, bright red, and maroon backgrounds with a star icon changing color

A four- of pixelated text and symbols on black, dark red, bright red, and maroon backgrounds with a star icon changing color. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archi…

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Style

Color

Source terms

Objects

  • five-pointed star

Subjects

  • star icon

Visible Text

  • brooke
  • <3's
  • yu lots
  • :d
  • <33

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20081231112606196024387
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
2.3 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/de/de5d8b77b29fd36b24728dc11b3221fbc784c9e4656d261fd157562d9d9a0877.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
de5d8b77b29fd36b
SHA-256
de5d8b77b29fd36b24728dc11b3221fbc784c9e4656d261fd157562d9d9a0877
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
20081231112606196024387
Archive entry
20081231112606196024387.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:47 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#20081231112606196024387.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20081231112606196024387.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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