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Nikita Bier

@nikitabier

head of product @x, advisor @solana, venture partner @lightspeedvp, ex-founder @gasappteam (acq by discord), ex-founder @thetbhapp (acq by facebook)

Palo Alto
Joined July 2012
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In a couple hours, we'll be rolling out About This Account globally, allowing you to see the country or region where an account is based. This will be accessible by tapping the signup date on profiles. This is an important first step to securing the integrity of the global town square. We plan to provide many more ways for users to verify the authenticity of the content they see on X. And for those in countries where speech has penalties, we've included privacy toggles to only show your region. This was a huge undertaking. A special thanks to the engineers who made this happen: @sandeep_rao @singhai @mingsong @striedinger @rzhao0506

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We're testing a new link experience, starting on iOS -- to make it easier for your followers to engage with your post while browsing links. For creators, a common complaint is that posts with links tend to get lower reach. This is because the web browser covers the post and… pic.twitter.com/oWraLpPwji

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The only thing that matters in consumer software is velocity of shipping. You will regularly be wrong about what people want: no one is a perfect psychologist. But if you are out at the frontlines with concepts everyday, your team will have their finger on the pulse of users and know where to add fuel.

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Starting next week we’ll be testing a new way to share and engage with web links on X. The goal will be to ensure all content on the platform has equal visibility on Timeline.

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I met a founder the other day who raised $500K and used $350K to buy a hyper-specific domain name. I told him he should've validated the product before buying it -- and then change the name afterwards. He said "Great, I'll do it for my next company that isn't bankrupt."

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