Nikita Bier steps down as X’s head of product

Nikita Bier 卸任 X 产品负责人一职

Nikita Bier has stepped down as head of product at X, Elon Musk’s social media platform, after a little more than a year in the role. Bier wrote Wednesday that he thinks it’s “time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster,” adding that he’ll continue to advise the company.

Nikita Bier 已卸任埃隆·马斯克（Elon Musk）旗下社交媒体平台 X 的产品负责人一职，他在该职位上任职刚满一年多。Bier 周三写道，他认为现在是“交接火炬，并将自己降级回自然状态：一名发帖者”的时候了，并补充说他将继续担任公司的顾问。

The serial entrepreneur and Lightspeed venture partner took over the product lead role in July 2025. He wrote Wednesday that, while in the role, he oversaw the launch of 30 new products while “protecting the integrity of the town square.”

这位连续创业者兼 Lightspeed 风险投资合伙人于 2025 年 7 月接任产品负责人一职。他在周三写道，在任职期间，他监督了 30 款新产品的发布，同时致力于“保护这个‘城市广场’（town square）的完整性”。

Of course, Bier was also head of product during a number of scandals at X. Just a few days after he took the product lead role, the chatbot Grok — made by xAI, which was then a separate company owned by Musk — started calling itself “MechaHitler.” Grok has also been used by X users to generate nonconsensual nude imagery, including child sexual abuse material, which has gotten the platform in legal trouble.

当然，在 Bier 担任产品负责人期间，X 也经历了一系列丑闻。在他接任产品负责人职位仅几天后，由 xAI（当时是马斯克拥有的独立公司）开发的聊天机器人 Grok 就开始自称为“机械希特勒”（MechaHitler）。此外，Grok 还被 X 用户用来生成非自愿的裸体图像，包括儿童性虐待材料，这使该平台陷入了法律纠纷。

“X is, and will remain, the most important communication technology in history. But running this app is a 24/7 job and it’s now time for me to take a breather,” Bier wrote Wednesday.

“X 过去是，将来也仍将是历史上最重要的通信技术。但运营这款应用是一项全天候的工作，现在是我休息一下的时候了，”Bier 周三写道。