X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year
X product chief Nikita Bier is leaving after one year
X 产品负责人 Nikita Bier 在任职一年后离职
X head of product Nikita Bier is stepping down and says he will move into a role as an advisor, writing that “it’s time to pass the torch and demote myself to my natural state: a poster.” He shared the update just over a month after celebrating his one-year anniversary on the job, and just weeks after Elon Musk’s combined SpaceX / X / xAI companies went public.
X 产品负责人 Nikita Bier 即将离职，他表示自己将转任顾问角色，并写道：“是时候交接火炬，将自己降级回我的自然状态：一个发帖者（poster）。”他在庆祝入职一周年仅一个多月后分享了这一消息，而此时距离埃隆·马斯克旗下的 SpaceX、X 和 xAI 合并公司上市也仅过去了几周。
He says that “almost every aspect of X” has been rebuilt while he was head of product, including its timeline, Android app, chat, and notifications. Going forward, the “next leaders” mentioned are Benji Taylor leading design with iOS lead Jonah Katz and Mridul Singhai leading the product team.
他表示，在他担任产品负责人期间，“X 的几乎每一个方面”都进行了重建，包括时间线、Android 应用、聊天功能和通知系统。展望未来，他提到的“下一任领导者”包括负责设计的 Benji Taylor，以及负责 iOS 开发的 Jonah Katz 和负责产品团队的 Mridul Singhai。
Bier also called out the long-delayed and recently-launched X Money, which Elon Musk at one point expected to launch by the end of 2024. During his tenure, X has continued to focus on incentivizing native posts and login requirements for access to features, and last month Bier said that missing data from the X algorithm had made the platform feel like a “battleground.”
Bier 还提到了姗姗来迟并于近期上线的 X Money 功能，埃隆·马斯克曾一度预计该功能会在 2024 年底推出。在他任职期间，X 继续专注于激励原生内容发布，并要求用户登录才能使用各项功能。上个月，Bier 曾表示，X 算法中缺失的数据让该平台感觉像是一个“战场”。
Bier previously co-founded the startups tbh (acquired by Meta) and Gas (acquired by Discord). He was appointed to lead product just days before former X CEO Linda Yaccarino stepped down, and has been a public face of the company ever since.
Bier 此前曾联合创办过初创公司 tbh（被 Meta 收购）和 Gas（被 Discord 收购）。他在前 X 首席执行官 Linda Yaccarino 离职前几天被任命为产品负责人，此后一直担任该公司的公众形象代表。