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Pixelated pink text and heart symbols on black background with gray corner, animated heart count increases across frames.

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Pixelated pink text and heart symbols on black background with gray corner, animated heart count increases across frames.

Pixelated pink text and heart symbols on black background with gray corner, animated heart count increases across frames. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive F…

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  • heart symbols

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  • i
  • love
  • ross
  • 8.9.08<3
  • forever

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090221114051962166587
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
405 bytes
Motion
Animated (8 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f2/f2ec668817b0652de35f0caebe80b1db18af017650a2c3375a81524fa08c6788.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f2ec668817b0652d
SHA-256
f2ec668817b0652de35f0caebe80b1db18af017650a2c3375a81524fa08c6788
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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
20090221114051962166587
Archive entry
20090221114051962166587.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:52 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#20090221114051962166587.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090221114051962166587.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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