# Any way to keep the damn banner ads from invisibly overlapping the "Submit Post" button?

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**Created:** [May 8, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-keep-the-damn-banner-ads-from-invisibly-overlapping-the-submit-post-button/853432 "2020-05-08T20:54:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-keep-the-damn-banner-ads-from-invisibly-overlapping-the-submit-post-button/853432/1 "2020-05-08T20:54:51Z")

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Something I’ve noticed recently- the banner ads at the bottom invisibly overlap the “Submit Post”, “Submit New Thread” or “Preview Post” buttons at the bottom of the screen.

In other words, no visible part of the ad overlaps the buttons, but if you click on them without scrolling up a little, you end up triggering the ad, not submitting your post.

This is just poor design and not a little bit chintzy and lame.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2020, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-keep-the-damn-banner-ads-from-invisibly-overlapping-the-submit-post-button/853432/2 "2020-05-08T20:58:15Z")

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I know a way. It involves a financial transaction. Its to a good cause, so i don’t mind paying.

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**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-keep-the-damn-banner-ads-from-invisibly-overlapping-the-submit-post-button/853432/3 "2020-05-09T14:45:10Z")

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I know a way, too. It involves an ad-blocker.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2020, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-keep-the-damn-banner-ads-from-invisibly-overlapping-the-submit-post-button/853432/4 "2020-05-09T15:26:35Z")

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> [@Fleetwood](#):
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> I know a way, too. It involves an ad-blocker.

This. There are even ad blocking browsers for mobile phones.