Looks like the Marissa Mayer Flickr account was a fake.

Too bad. This had me excited:

Photographer Thomas Hawk was the first to spot Mayer’s new account, which he said “sends a powerful and positive message both to Flickr’s staff as well as to Flickr’s users.”

And Mayer’s interest appears to go beyond just creating an account. Scoble claims that Mayer has doubled the size of the Flickr team in the past week. And Hawk points out the team is still hiring, with a number of open positions.

Hopefully one day Marissa Mayer will create a Flickr account.

#DearMarissaMayer PLEASE MAKE FLICKR AWESOME AGAIN.