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nine pixelated square icons with smiling faces on colored backgrounds, accompanied by pink text phrases on blue and gray

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nine pixelated square icons with smiling faces on colored backgrounds, accompanied by pink text phrases on blue and gray

nine pixelated square icons with smiling faces on colored backgrounds, accompanied by pink text phrases on blue and gray. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • like to smile =]
  • My besties lh-nd-dm kh-as-sc ab-md-ea

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709221901021834736029
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3 KB
Motion
Animated (3 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ea/eaf483947675577ee1006e0e3fb54a966179130615f6fe2b47d9b9b8050cf8a2.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
eaf483947675577e
SHA-256
eaf483947675577ee1006e0e3fb54a966179130615f6fe2b47d9b9b8050cf8a2
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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
200709221901021834736029
Archive entry
200709221901021834736029.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 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#200709221901021834736029.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709221901021834736029.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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