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Animated icon shows 'I' and 'U' text forming a heart shape with a cursor, changing background from clouds to beach to glowing heart to sunset to hands.

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Animated icon shows 'I' and 'U' text forming a heart shape with a cursor, changing background from clouds to beach to glowing heart to sunset to hands.

Animated icon shows 'I' and 'U' text forming a heart shape with a cursor, changing background from clouds to beach to glowing heart to sunset to hands. Animated 50×50 GIF AIM budd…

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  • heart shape

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  • I
  • U

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July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200903041537441166330863
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
50×50 pixels
File size
7.3 KB
Motion
Animated (5 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fd/fd653713bea43a8365e98d57af635c94fbb653d1b349096d7dd5c394c1ff236f.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
fd653713bea43a83
SHA-256
fd653713bea43a8365e98d57af635c94fbb653d1b349096d7dd5c394c1ff236f
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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
200903041537441166330863
Archive entry
200903041537441166330863.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:53 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#200903041537441166330863.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200903041537441166330863.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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