Permanent icon record
Black background with scattered red stars and vertical white text reading "WHY" repeated four times.
Black background with scattered red stars and vertical white text reading "WHY" repeated four times. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Bud…
Source & archive date
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
- Source title
- 200804121145551213328593
- Era
- Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 15:22 UTC
Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
- Source title
- 200804121146051307085648
- Era
- Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 15:22 UTC
Technical archive details
- Format
- GIF
- Dimensions
- 48×48 pixels
- File size
- 2.2 KB
- Motion
- Animated (4 frames)
- Added to archive
- July 12, 2026
- Relative path
- icons/f8/f8a96aabae5ae51943bbe5259c7fc1c7b26340a8e3086e9b3f201842631e5eb3.gif
- Media type
- image/gif
- Archive ID
- f8a96aabae5ae519
- SHA-256
- f8a96aabae5ae51943bbe5259c7fc1c7b26340a8e3086e9b3f201842631e5eb3
Full source records (2)
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
- 200804121145551213328593
- Archive entry
- 200804121145551213328593.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 15:22 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#200804121145551213328593.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804121145551213328593.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016
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
- 200804121146051307085648
- Archive entry
- 200804121146051307085648.gif
- Observed
- July 12, 2026 at 15:22 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#200804121146051307085648.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200804121146051307085648.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016