Nikita Bier Steps Down as Head of Product at X
Nikita Bier, who led product at X (formerly Twitter), announced he is stepping back to become an advisor, calling himself a "poster" at heart. In a tweet, he expressed gratitude for serving the X community and affirmed that X remains the most vital platform for real-time information. The move marks a significant leadership change at the social media company.
Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster.
- numpad0
[delayed]
- zeafoamrun
Being an X user is literally giving the world's most virulent propaganda a fast path directly to your limbic system.
I got it for work at some point because my industry uses it heavily but it was just not worth it. Don't miss it.
- arjie
Haha, he seemed to do a pretty good job in the end. I stopped posting on Twitter the week Charlie Kirk got shot because I didn't want to watch a guy shot and Twitter is less controlled about this stuff. I've since gone back to read because it's definitely a good source for AI news, which I am interested in. He was given a couple of bum deals haha. The link deboosting one is something he kept going around telling people they didn't have to do but Elon's decision there stuck and now everyone does the "link in comments" thing. Watching him go around saying "hey, btw you don't have to do that" to everyone prominent was quite amusing. Did he have a social media intern dedicated to doing just that?
- mmonaghan
People love hating on x and nikita but both the app & web experience have improved dramatically over the last year+. He's done a great job in a year and there seems to be even more internal stuff he's improved that we haven't seen.
- iambateman
There are some of us who are old enough to remember Twitter’s true time of “unprecedented growth.”
I miss old Twitter.
- neves
I thought it would be a decent guy saying he wouldn't work anymore for unethical companies. How is just someone realizing his profits. No news here.
- mosura
Maybe it is me, but for a random Wednesday in August there have been a strange amount of big moves today. Normally you expect quiet or nonsense.
- Aboutplants
The first SpaceX stock lockup expiration is tomorrow, timing seems nice assuming he had some in his pay package.