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@nikitabier on X · Most upvoted by Kiwi News readers
12 stories by @nikitabier on X have been shared on Kiwi News since 26 May 2023, with 24 upvotes and 6 comments in total. The latest was shared on 14 April 2026. They are listed below, most upvoted first.
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- @nikitabier: I'm joining X as Head of Product to leverage Grok for timelines
Nikita Bier says he is joining X as Head of Product, a role he describes as a chance to help others find the value he has gotten from the platform. He writes that X is the most important social network in the world and that building an audience there has affected his life more than anything else, bringing friendships, professional opportunities and his girlfriend. He says X will use Grok to create hyper-relevant timelines that help people understand what is happening, and he thanks Elon Musk and the X team for the invitation.
- @nikitabier joins Solana as advisor to boost mobile app ecosystem
Nikita Bier is joining Solana as an advisor to help select companies launch and grow their apps. He says Solana has the fundamental building blocks to break out on mobile and that many apps are already making headway. Bier writes that he has discussed ways to get more involved with Raj Gokal and Toly for a couple of years, and that the ecosystem has matured to the point where Solana apps can top the charts. More details are to come.
- @nikitabier: Build expertise on X by posting daily insights in your niche
Nikita Bier advises X users to build expertise by choosing one subject they know better than anyone else and posting one unexpected insight about it every day for six months, in five sentences or fewer. He says X will promote accounts that stick to this routine. According to the post, the result would be recognition as a leading expert in that subject, which could let the user charge for endorsements or their time.
- @nikitabier: Things that will cause a user to churn
- @nikitabier: X to weight revenue sharing by home region impressions
X is changing its revenue sharing incentives so that impressions from a creator's home region count for more, which the company says is meant to reward content that resonates locally, in neighboring countries and among speakers of the same language. Nikita Bier's announcement says the change is intended to discourage engagement farming by US or Japanese accounts and to encourage more diverse conversations on the platform. The update takes effect starting Thursday, and creators are invited to build audiences locally.
- @nikitabier: CT is dying from suicide, not the algorithm—reply spam wastes reach
- @nikitabier: AI coding won't empower idea guys, but those who master distributio
- @nikitabier: X launches cashtags with real-time stock and crypto price charts
X is launching Cashtags, a feature that shows real-time stock and crypto price charts alongside posts, starting in the US and Canada on iPhone. When users search for or post a cashtag or contract address, X automatically suggests matching stocks or crypto tokens so they can pick the exact asset. Anyone who taps a Cashtag sees posts mentioning it along with its price chart, without leaving the app. The announcement describes Cashtags as the first step in X's effort to be the top destination for the finance and crypto community.
- @nikitabier: Crypto has had a rough year. Maybe we should launch something
- @nikitabier: X rolling out "About This Account" to show user country/region
Nikita Bier announced that X is rolling out "About This Account" globally, which will show the country or region where an account is based. Users can access the feature by tapping the signup date on a profile. Bier described it as an important first step toward securing the integrity of the global town square, and said X plans to add more ways for users to verify the authenticity of content. The post also states that privacy toggles let users in countries where speech carries penalties show only their region. The post thanks several named engineers for the work.
- The brutal reality of building messaging features
The article argues that building messaging features is extremely hard to do well, because users expect near-perfect delivery, feature parity with existing chat apps, and reach to every contact. It says small teams cannot compete in this space and mature teams need relentless execution just to be considered. It also claims that success can be a net negative for user growth, because users then stop sharing the product's links and content with third-party apps.
- Designing Subgroups in Social Networks