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Blue background with red plus signs; white text 'I <3 Alex G.' and '!!!!!!!!' in pixelated font, repeated twice with slight vertical shifts.

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Blue background with red plus signs; white text 'I <3 Alex G.' and '!!!!!!!!' in pixelated font, repeated twice with slight vertical shifts.

Blue background with red plus signs; white text 'I <3 Alex G.' and '!!!!!!!!' in pixelated font, repeated twice with slight vertical shifts. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from…

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  • I
  • <3
  • Alex
  • G.
  • !!!!!!!!

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20070724074733927852974
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:33 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
620 bytes
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/f9/f9ba999ad507c5df664e6a8f225eec5c24b5980bc3814237756236bdbbd360b5.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
f9ba999ad507c5df
SHA-256
f9ba999ad507c5df664e6a8f225eec5c24b5980bc3814237756236bdbbd360b5
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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
20070724074733927852974
Archive entry
20070724074733927852974.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:33 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#20070724074733927852974.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20070724074733927852974.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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