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*aLySsA* text overlaid on four blue and white spiral patterns arranged in a

*aLySsA* text overlaid on four blue and white spiral patterns arranged in a. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons…, Late-2000s to…

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Source terms

Composition

  • symmetrical layout
  • text overlaid on spirals

Dense Caption

*aLySsA* text appears in black, with mixed case (lowercase 'l', uppercase 'L'), positioned over each of the four identical spirals. Each spiral consists of alternating light blue and white concentric rings forming a clockwise rotation pattern. The background is solid light blue. Text includes asterisks on both sides (*aLySsA*).

Description

  • *aLySsA* text overlaid on four blue and white spiral patterns arranged in a

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
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200711021840161626053814

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • *aLySsA* blue spiral
  • four spirals *aLySsA*
  • mixed case text asterisk spiral

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: *aLySsA* text overlaid on four blue and white spiral patterns arranged in a 2x2 grid.
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid

Visible Text

  • *aLySsA*

Wordwall

  • four spirals
  • blue and white
  • *aLySsA*
  • mixed case text
  • asterisk punctuation
  • clockwise spiral
  • concentric rings

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200711021840161626053814
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:52 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.9 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
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Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 14:52 UTC
Archive ID
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SHA-256
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Content-safety assessments (1)
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Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 19:58 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
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Overall label
sfw
Overall score
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*aLySsA* text overlaid on four blue and white spiral patterns arranged in a

Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 14:30 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,471 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,110, response 618

Review tags

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Colors

  • light blue
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  • black

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  • symmetrical layout
  • text overlaid on spirals

Dense Caption

*aLySsA* text appears in black, with mixed case (lowercase 'l', uppercase 'L'), positioned over each of the four identical spirals. Each spiral consists of alternating light blue and white concentric rings forming a clockwise rotation pattern. The background is solid light blue. Text includes asterisks on both sides (*aLySsA*).

Description

  • *aLySsA* text overlaid on four blue and white spiral patterns arranged in a

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
  • 2007-2016
  • franksicons
  • 200711021840161626053814

Non Redundant Search Phrases

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  • four spirals *aLySsA*
  • mixed case text asterisk spiral

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined description: *aLySsA* text overlaid on four blue and white spiral patterns arranged in a 2x2 grid.
  • quarantined composition: 2x2 grid

Style

  • pixelated
  • low-resolution
  • repetitive pattern

Visible Text

  • *aLySsA*

Wordwall

  • four spirals
  • blue and white
  • *aLySsA*
  • mixed case text
  • asterisk punctuation
  • clockwise spiral
  • concentric rings
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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
200711021840161626053814
Archive entry
200711021840161626053814.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:52 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#200711021840161626053814.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200711021840161626053814.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016