Elon Musk's social media company has announced a new feature that allows advertisers to extend their existing social media ad creative to X and “expect the same visual quality and performance.”
X's new ad functionality – now available to all ad partners -- forgoes AI-powered editing solutions by providing expanded aspect ratio support for video and image ads, in an effort to eliminate the need to reformat, crop or rebuild assets.
According to the company's announcement, advertisers can now upload their existing ad assets into X Ads Manager via Media Studio, Composer, or the Campaign Form and apply new aspect ratios, including 4:5 (1440 x 1800) and 2:3 (1080 x 1620 pixels).
The update comes as X struggles to rebuild its ad business following Musk's takeover in 2022. In December, the company reported its first notable revenue boost for the first time in four years.
While streamlining advertising workflows may sound efficient on the surface, the broader context matters. X’s new feature allowing brands to reuse creative directly from other platforms is less a breakthrough and more a symptom of deeper struggles to regain advertiser confidence after years of leadership churn and declining user engagement. Advertisers shouldn’t be asked to simply reuse work because a platform can’t independently earn attention — they should be on networks that deliver real, responsive audiences and stable environments for brand safety and performance. Repurposing content is a smart tactical move in digital marketing, but it shouldn’t be used as a band-aid for platforms that have lost market share and advertiser trust. Brands deserve more than cosmetic convenience; they deserve reliable platforms with sustainable growth and accountability. ~Political Media Inc.