The founder of shuttered Facebook app tbh said he's staying on to build new products (FB)

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• Facebook is shutting down tbh, an app that allowed US teens to send compliments to their friends through a series of polls.
• Tbh founder Nikita Bier told Business Insider he plans to stay on at Facebook with the app's team and build new products.
• Facebook bought the app less than a year ago, but shuttered it due to "low usage", the firm said on Monday.

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Facebook has shut down an anonymous app for teens, tbh, that it bought less than a year ago — but the app's founder said he plans to stay on with his team.

Nikita Bier is the founder of tbh and, asked by Business Insider about his future plans, responded: "I’ll be staying with Facebook and continuing to build new products with the tbh team."

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