Buddy Icon Archive Preserving the tiny pictures that made the internet personal.
Blue background with black pixelated text listing names and symbols, including red pixelated stars and 'BFL' text.

Permanent icon record

Blue background with black pixelated text listing names and symbols, including red pixelated stars and 'BFL' text.

Blue background with black pixelated text listing names and symbols, including red pixelated stars and 'BFL' text. Animated 48×48 GIF AIM buddy icon from Internet Archive FranksIc…

A visual description has not been added yet. The archival record below is still available.

Download original

About this icon

Depicts

Style

Mood

Color

Source terms

Composition

  • vertical text
  • symmetrical layout
  • text flanked by stars

Dense Caption

Blue background with black pixelated text listing 'Amy +', 'Carly+', 'Sam+', 'Ali =', and 'BFL' with red pixelated stars on both sides. The text is arranged in a vertical column on the left and right sides of the image. The 'BFL' text is flanked by two red pixelated stars on each side. The text uses a blocky, retro digital font style. The image is static with no visible animation changes.

Description

  • Blue background with black pixelated text listing names and symbols, including red pixelated stars and 'BFL' text.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue background pixelated text
  • BFL red stars
  • name list blue background
  • pixelated text stars

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined composition: vertical text columns

Visible Text

  • Amy +
  • Carly+
  • Sam+
  • Ali =
  • BFL

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • black pixelated text
  • red pixelated stars
  • BFL text
  • vertical text arrangement
  • blocky digital font
  • static image
  • name list
  • star symbols

Explore related icons

Browse all categories · How source collections are preserved

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 12, 2026

Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)

Source title
20071130191820541877069
Era
Late-2000s to Mid-2010s Shared Buddy Icons
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 UTC

Original record Source download Source page

Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
317 bytes
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 12, 2026
Relative path
icons/ff/ff500dcf30e7b4c0e6ece3515c6ba205c5f687ac230a07be7bdd280255dafe55.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 UTC
Archive ID
ff500dcf30e7b4c0
SHA-256
ff500dcf30e7b4c0e6ece3515c6ba205c5f687ac230a07be7bdd280255dafe55
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 20:10 UTC
Run
1140
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.091082

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.913451onnx/unsafe0.091082onnx/nsfw0.053704onnx/nsfl0.037378
Enrichment records (2)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Blue background with black pixelated text listing names and symbols, including red pixelated stars and 'BFL' text.

Reviewed
August 26, 2026 at 12:42 UTC
Run
69
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,028 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,139, response 604

Review tags

  • black (color, 0.80)
  • blue (color, 0.80)
  • red (color, 0.80)
  • neutral (mood, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • stars (subject, 0.80)
  • text (subject, 0.80)

Colors

  • blue
  • black
  • red

Composition

  • vertical text
  • symmetrical layout
  • text flanked by stars

Dense Caption

Blue background with black pixelated text listing 'Amy +', 'Carly+', 'Sam+', 'Ali =', and 'BFL' with red pixelated stars on both sides. The text is arranged in a vertical column on the left and right sides of the image. The 'BFL' text is flanked by two red pixelated stars on each side. The text uses a blocky, retro digital font style. The image is static with no visible animation changes.

Description

  • Blue background with black pixelated text listing names and symbols, including red pixelated stars and 'BFL' text.

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • provenance era: 2007
  • provenance era: 2016
  • provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)
  • provenance collection-attribute: aim
  • provenance topic-coverage: anime
  • provenance topic-coverage: celebrities
  • provenance topic-coverage: games
  • provenance topic-coverage: holidays
  • provenance topic-coverage: humor
  • provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive
  • provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons

Mood

  • neutral

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • blue background pixelated text
  • BFL red stars
  • name list blue background
  • pixelated text stars

Objects

  • stars

Preprocessing Notes

  • quarantined composition: vertical text columns

Style

  • pixelated
  • retro digital

Subjects

  • text
  • stars

Visible Text

  • Amy +
  • Carly+
  • Sam+
  • Ali =
  • BFL

Wordwall

  • blue background
  • black pixelated text
  • red pixelated stars
  • BFL text
  • vertical text arrangement
  • blocky digital font
  • static image
  • name list
  • star symbols
Raw JSON
{
  "inputIndex": 0,
  "sha256": "ff500dcf30e7b4c0e6ece3515c6ba205c5f687ac230a07be7bdd280255dafe55",
  "description": "Blue background with black pixelated text listing names and symbols, including red pixelated stars and \u0027BFL\u0027 text.",
  "denseCaption": "Blue background with black pixelated text listing \u0027Amy \u002B\u0027, \u0027Carly\u002B\u0027, \u0027Sam\u002B\u0027, \u0027Ali =\u0027, and \u0027BFL\u0027 with red pixelated stars on both sides. The text is arranged in a vertical column on the left and right sides of the image. The \u0027BFL\u0027 text is flanked by two red pixelated stars on each side. The text uses a blocky, retro digital font style. The image is static with no visible animation changes.",
  "wordwall": [
    "blue background",
    "black pixelated text",
    "red pixelated stars",
    "BFL text",
    "vertical text arrangement",
    "blocky digital font",
    "static image",
    "name list",
    "star symbols"
  ],
  "visibleText": [
    "Amy \u002B",
    "Carly\u002B",
    "Sam\u002B",
    "Ali =",
    "BFL"
  ],
  "uncertainText": [],
  "subjects": [
    "text",
    "stars"
  ],
  "actions": [],
  "objects": [
    "stars"
  ],
  "colors": [
    "blue",
    "black",
    "red"
  ],
  "style": [
    "pixelated",
    "retro digital"
  ],
  "composition": [
    "vertical text",
    "symmetrical layout",
    "text flanked by stars"
  ],
  "mood": [
    "neutral"
  ],
  "animation": [],
  "preprocessingNotes": [
    "quarantined composition: vertical text columns"
  ],
  "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
  "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
  "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
    "provenance era: 2007",
    "provenance era: 2016",
    "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
    "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
    "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
    "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
    "provenance topic-coverage: games",
    "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
    "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
    "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
    "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons"
  ],
  "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
  "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
  "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
  "identityHypotheses": [],
  "namedEntities": [],
  "fandoms": [],
  "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
    "blue background pixelated text",
    "BFL red stars",
    "name list blue background",
    "pixelated text stars"
  ],
  "uncertainty": [],
  "aestheticStrengths": [],
  "aestheticWeaknesses": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "tag": "text",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: text"
    },
    {
      "tag": "stars",
      "category": "subject",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: stars"
    },
    {
      "tag": "pixelated",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: pixelated"
    },
    {
      "tag": "retro digital",
      "category": "style",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: retro digital"
    },
    {
      "tag": "neutral",
      "category": "mood",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: neutral"
    },
    {
      "tag": "blue",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: blue"
    },
    {
      "tag": "black",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: black"
    },
    {
      "tag": "red",
      "category": "color",
      "confidence": 0.8,
      "evidence": "visible: red"
    }
  ],
  "rawModelResponse": {
    "icons": [
      {
        "inputIndex": 0,
        "sha256": "ff500dcf30e7b4c0e6ece3515c6ba205c5f687ac230a07be7bdd280255dafe55",
        "description": "Blue background with black pixelated text listing names and symbols, including red pixelated stars and \u0027BFL\u0027 text.",
        "denseCaption": "Blue background with black pixelated text listing \u0027Amy \u002B\u0027, \u0027Carly\u002B\u0027, \u0027Sam\u002B\u0027, \u0027Ali =\u0027, and \u0027BFL\u0027 with red pixelated stars on both sides. The text is arranged in a vertical column on the left and right sides of the image. The \u0027BFL\u0027 text is flanked by two red pixelated stars on each side. The text uses a blocky, retro digital font style. The image is static with no visible animation changes.",
        "wordwall": [
          "blue background",
          "black pixelated text",
          "red pixelated stars",
          "BFL text",
          "vertical text arrangement",
          "blocky digital font",
          "static image",
          "name list",
          "star symbols"
        ],
        "visibleText": [
          "Amy \u002B",
          "Carly\u002B",
          "Sam\u002B",
          "Ali =",
          "BFL"
        ],
        "uncertainText": [],
        "subjects": [
          "text",
          "stars"
        ],
        "actions": [],
        "objects": [
          "stars"
        ],
        "colors": [
          "blue",
          "black",
          "red"
        ],
        "style": [
          "pixelated",
          "retro digital"
        ],
        "composition": [
          "vertical text columns",
          "symmetrical layout",
          "text flanked by stars"
        ],
        "mood": [
          "neutral"
        ],
        "animation": [],
        "preprocessingNotes": [],
        "sourceMetadataInterpretation": [],
        "metadataSupportedByImage": [],
        "metadataNotConfirmedByImage": [
          "provenance era: 2007",
          "provenance era: 2016",
          "provenance source-name: Internet Archive FranksIcons Shared Buddy Icons (2007-2016)",
          "provenance collection-attribute: aim",
          "provenance topic-coverage: anime",
          "provenance topic-coverage: celebrities",
          "provenance topic-coverage: games",
          "provenance topic-coverage: holidays",
          "provenance topic-coverage: humor",
          "provenance collection-attribute: historical-archive",
          "provenance collection-attribute: buddy-icons"
        ],
        "metadataContradictedByImage": [],
        "visuallySupportedEntities": [],
        "metadataOnlyEntities": [],
        "identityHypotheses": [],
        "namedEntities": [],
        "fandoms": [],
        "animationSummary": "",
        "nonRedundantSearchPhrases": [
          "blue background pixelated text",
          "BFL red stars",
          "name list blue background",
          "pixelated text stars"
        ],
        "tags": []
      }
    ]
  }
}
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 28, 2026 at 21:51 UTC
Run
53
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
Raw JSON
Source semantic tags (2)
TagConf.Evidencefranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-download-urlfranksicons.com shared buddy icons 2007 20160.65internet-archive-franksicons-shared-2007-2016 · typed-source-evidence-v2 · observation · file-name · gallery · observation-original-url
Full source records (1)
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
20071130191820541877069
Archive entry
20071130191820541877069.gif
Observed
July 12, 2026 at 15:01 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#20071130191820541877069.gif Download: https://archive.org/download/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016.tar#20071130191820541877069.gif Page: https://archive.org/details/franksicons.com-shared-buddy-icons-2007-2016