Flickr Tells Internet to Help Make Us Awesomer

The Internet sounded the alarm and, so it appears for now, Flickr has answered the call. The photo-sharing site responded on Thursday to a campaign crying out for a revitalization of the once-great service.

On Tuesday, the website DearMarissaMayer.com published eight simple words its creator hoped would catch fire -- "Dear Marissa Mayer, please make Flickr awesome again."

The target in question, of course, is new Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, who takes office amid hopeful buzz that she can turn around the ailing Internet giant.

Her background at Google -- and as a developer -- seems to be giving the masses hope for Yahoo's survival. Flickr users, in particular, seem to be crying out…
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