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Two round-headed figures embrace under a heart symbol, with pixelated blue text surrounding them on light background.

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Two round-headed figures embrace under a heart symbol, with pixelated blue text surrounding them on light background.

Two round-headed figures embrace under a heart symbol, with pixelated blue text surrounding them on light background. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive Frank…

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  • heart symbol

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  • NEW year.
  • NEW friends
  • NEW drama.
  • NEW me.
  • but most importantly.
  • NEW LOVE<3
  • and it begins...

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Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
200709271811041841152345
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.1 KB
Motion
Animated (4 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/fe/fe3ec7d9d44983743686553eefab6e6215a77273da91d2f7f2e913887e30de6b.gif
Media type
image/gif
Archive ID
fe3ec7d9d4498374
SHA-256
fe3ec7d9d44983743686553eefab6e6215a77273da91d2f7f2e913887e30de6b
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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
200709271811041841152345
Archive entry
200709271811041841152345.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 14:47 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#200709271811041841152345.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#200709271811041841152345.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016

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