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Nikita Bier and social apps
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- 0:00He built two apps for teenagers. Big
- 0:02Tech bought both of them.
- 0:04Nikita Bier's early apps mostly went
- 0:06nowhere.
- 0:07In 2017, he launched TBH. Teens answered
- 0:11anonymous polls about each other and
- 0:12only nice things.
- 0:14It shot to number one on the App Store.
- 0:17Weeks later, Facebook bought it.
- 0:19Then, he did it again.
- 0:21Gas. The same idea rebuilt for a new
- 0:23generation of high schoolers.
- 0:25Number one again.
- 0:27In 2023, Discord bought it.
- 0:30His trick was always the same. Launch in
- 0:32one school, then the next, then the
- 0:34next.
- 0:35In 2025, Elon Musk X hired him as head
- 0:39of product.
- 0:40Two apps, two exits, both built for
- 0:4316-year-olds.
- 0:45Follow Vibe Economies for more.
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