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Yellow @ symbols in various 3D orientations on a gray background, transitioning through multiple rotational states.

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Yellow @ symbols in various 3D orientations on a gray background, transitioning through multiple rotational states.

Yellow @ symbols in various 3D orientations on a gray background, transitioning through multiple rotational states. Animated 60×60 GIF AIM buddy icon from GifCities AOL Instant Me…

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Depicts

Action

Style

Color

Animation

  • rotating through multiple orientations

Animation Summary

  • The @ symbol rotates through multiple 3D orientations showing different angles of the symbol on a gray background.

Composition

  • multiple orientations

Dense Caption

Yellow @ symbols rendered in 3D with orange highlights on a solid gray background. The symbols rotate through multiple orientations: full circular @, tilted @, side-facing @, and partial @ views. Each symbol maintains consistent yellow color with orange shading on curved surfaces. The animation cycles through distinct rotational states showing different angles of the @ symbol. The symbols appear to be pixelated with a retro digital aesthetic. The background remains static gray throughout the animation.

Description

  • Yellow @ symbols in various 3D orientations on a gray background, transitioning through multiple rotational states.

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities
  • AOL Instant Messenger
  • GeoCities
  • buddy icons
  • avatars
  • instant-messenger

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL Instant Messenger
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow @ symbol animation
  • 3D @ symbol rotation
  • gray background @ animation
  • pixelated @ symbol
  • retro digital @ animation
  • multiple @ orientations
  • yellow orange @ symbol
  • animated @ symbol

Preprocessing Notes

  • source hints indicate animated gif but no motion artifacts visible in static frame
  • quarantined composition: grid layout
  • quarantined retrieval: animated @ symbol grid

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL Instant Messenger
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger

Style

  • 3D

Wordwall

  • @ symbol
  • yellow
  • orange
  • 3D
  • gray background
  • rotational animation
  • pixelated
  • retro digital
  • multiple orientations
  • shaded surfaces

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Added to archive
July 10, 2026

GifCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search

Source title
GifCities
Category
search / gifcities
Era
GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 05:27 UTC

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Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
60×60 pixels
File size
17.2 KB
Motion
Animated (22 frames)
Added to archive
July 10, 2026
Relative path
icons/7b/7b0dfdbb300a0b4f18c219e55da8132e1a7458413f942343198062b23973a0e0.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 10, 2026 at 05:27 UTC
Archive ID
7b0dfdbb300a0b4f
SHA-256
7b0dfdbb300a0b4f18c219e55da8132e1a7458413f942343198062b23973a0e0
Content-safety assessments (1)
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 17:10 UTC
Run
1069
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.087826

OpenAI category scores

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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

Yellow @ symbols in various 3D orientations on a gray background, transitioning through multiple rotational states.

Reviewed
August 24, 2026 at 00:03 UTC
Run
67
Version
v5
Elapsed
6,822 ms
Tokens
prompt 2,650, response 810

Review tags

  • rotating (action, 0.80)
  • gray (color, 0.80)
  • orange (color, 0.80)
  • yellow (color, 0.80)
  • rotating through multiple orientations (other, 0.80)
  • 3d (style, 0.80)
  • pixelated (style, 0.80)
  • retro digital (style, 0.80)
  • symbol (subject, 0.80)

Actions

  • rotating

Animation

  • rotating through multiple orientations

Animation Summary

  • The @ symbol rotates through multiple 3D orientations showing different angles of the symbol on a gray background.

Colors

  • yellow
  • orange
  • gray

Composition

  • multiple orientations

Dense Caption

Yellow @ symbols rendered in 3D with orange highlights on a solid gray background. The symbols rotate through multiple orientations: full circular @, tilted @, side-facing @, and partial @ views. Each symbol maintains consistent yellow color with orange shading on curved surfaces. The animation cycles through distinct rotational states showing different angles of the @ symbol. The symbols appear to be pixelated with a retro digital aesthetic. The background remains static gray throughout the animation.

Description

  • Yellow @ symbols in various 3D orientations on a gray background, transitioning through multiple rotational states.

Metadata Only Entities

  • GifCities
  • AOL Instant Messenger
  • GeoCities
  • buddy icons
  • avatars
  • instant-messenger

Metadata Supported By Image

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL Instant Messenger
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • yellow @ symbol animation
  • 3D @ symbol rotation
  • gray background @ animation
  • pixelated @ symbol
  • retro digital @ animation
  • multiple @ orientations
  • yellow orange @ symbol
  • animated @ symbol

Preprocessing Notes

  • source hints indicate animated gif but no motion artifacts visible in static frame
  • quarantined composition: grid layout
  • quarantined retrieval: animated @ symbol grid

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • provenance era: 1999
  • provenance era: 2009
  • provenance source-name: GifCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search
  • provenance collection-attribute: aol
  • provenance topic-coverage: AOL Instant Messenger
  • provenance collection-attribute: avatar
  • provenance topic-coverage: avatars
  • provenance topic-coverage: buddy icons
  • provenance collection-attribute: geocities
  • provenance era: GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
  • provenance collection-attribute: gifcities
  • provenance collection-attribute: instant-messenger

Style

  • pixelated
  • 3D
  • retro digital

Subjects

  • @ symbol

Wordwall

  • @ symbol
  • yellow
  • orange
  • 3D
  • gray background
  • rotational animation
  • pixelated
  • retro digital
  • multiple orientations
  • shaded surfaces
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 27, 2026 at 00:51 UTC
Run
52
Version
v5
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smarterror
Reviewed
July 14, 2026 at 05:17 UTC
Run
30
Version
v3
Elapsed
0 ms
Error
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. (127.0.0.1:11435)
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Full source records (1)
GifCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Small Mixed-Size Search (gifcities-aol-instant-messenger-avatar-small-mixed)
Kind
static-gallery
Era
GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger Avatar Cross-Section
Type
Internet Archive GifCities search result
Category
search / gifcities
Title
GifCities
Observed
July 10, 2026 at 05:27 UTC
Rights
mixed GeoCities user material; research/reference only by default
Slice
search-selected small and near-square GeoCities AOL Instant Messenger avatar candidates
Original: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/6DTXTGDQHW6QOOODZQ4U7R3CHA4V4MJO.gif Download: https://blob.gifcities.org/gifcities/6DTXTGDQHW6QOOODZQ4U7R3CHA4V4MJO.gif Page: https://web.archive.org/web/20090730100621/http://es.geocities.com/tegasel/id22_m.htm