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Red text 'sam + austin =' on blue background with three distinct pixel art symbols beneath, each symbol changing across three

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Red text 'sam + austin =' on blue background with three distinct pixel art symbols beneath, each symbol changing across three

Red text 'sam + austin =' on blue background with three distinct pixel art symbols beneath, each symbol changing across three. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Arch…

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  • <3 symbol
  • heart symbol

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  • sam
  • +
  • austin
  • =
  • <3

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20090430170854160632742
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
331 bytes
Motion
Animated (7 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f6/f62f7317b748a4190d1f34eb0eb096724952ce16e75e017ddfbd1bb8c3214075.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f62f7317b748a419
SHA-256
f62f7317b748a4190d1f34eb0eb096724952ce16e75e017ddfbd1bb8c3214075
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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
20090430170854160632742
Archive entry
20090430170854160632742.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:57 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#20090430170854160632742.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20090430170854160632742.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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