Nikita Bier
5 mentions across all digests
Head of product at X who publicly announced the payment reduction policy for clickbait and aggregator accounts
Hands on with X’s new AI-powered custom feeds
X launches Grok-powered custom feeds for Premium subscribers, using real-time AI understanding to curate 75+ topic timelines instead of keyword matching—deepening xAI's integration into X's core product.
X is going to let Grok curate your timeline
X is deploying Grok to power timeline curation for Premium iOS subscribers with AI-driven topic personalization, while deprecating X Communities on May 6th to consolidate creator engagement around XChat.
X makes it more expensive to post links through its API
X's 20x API price hike for links ($0.01→$0.20) forces news aggregators like Techmeme to abandon automated posting, reasserting the platform's control over content distribution.
X makes it 1,900 percent more expensive to post links
X's 1,900% price hike for link posts ($0.01→$0.20) immediately disables news aggregators like Techmeme, signaling a deliberate strategy to control external link distribution on the platform.
X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts
X cuts creator payments by 60% for aggregators and clickbait accounts this cycle, with an additional 20% cut next cycle, to prioritize original content and reduce timeline spam.