# New mid-thread ads? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 22, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mid-thread-ads/837448 "2019-07-22T12:16:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mid-thread-ads/837448/1 "2019-07-22T12:16:51Z")
This morning, I started seeing a new sort of banner ad on these forums. It appears mid thread, obscuring all or part of a post. There is not obvious “x” to close it. Is this a new development? Any way for a non-member to close it? ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mid-thread-ads/837448/2 "2019-07-22T13:04:07Z")
I’ve seen mid-thread ads before (when not logged in) but I can’t say if I ever noticed them obscuring anything. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mid-thread-ads/837448/3 "2019-07-22T13:29:36Z")
The advertising folks can put ads wherever they want. We don’t have much control over that. However, ads should not be obscuring content. That’s a problem that I can report. Is it multiple ads or are there specific ads that obscure posts? ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mid-thread-ads/837448/4 "2019-07-22T16:24:45Z")
Fifteen bucks a year for an ad-free Dope: worth every penny, and then some. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mid-thread-ads/837448/5 "2019-07-22T18:02:45Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Fifteen bucks a year for an ad-free Dope: worth every penny, and then some. Free ad-blocker downloaded from the inter-tubes. Worth every… well, you get the idea. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mid-thread-ads/837448/6 "2019-07-22T18:22:50Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > The advertising folks can put ads wherever they want. We don’t have much control over that. However, ads should not be obscuring content. That’s a problem that I can report. > > Is it multiple ads or are there specific ads that obscure posts? I had it on a couple of threads this a.m., but not again since. If it occurs again, I’ll be more attentive and get back to you. A banner that would appear approximately 1 screen down as I scrolled through a thread. But it moved with the text, you it obscured whatever was behind it, and I could not discern how to “X” out of it. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-mid-thread-ads/837448/7 "2019-07-23T16:01:59Z")
Occasionally there’s ads on the page that are not quite right; their placement on the page is slightly different from the norm. We assume it’s a miscoding; it happens. We have no way of knowing what kind of ads you’re being shown; it varies with location. What we ask you to do is if you see a miscoded ad that blocks text or affects functionality you try to get a screenshot of the ad. Send it to me at [tubadiva@aol.com](mailto:tubadiva@aol.com). Tell me what kind of ad it is; reporting the name of the company or service or whatever is in the ad may also help the ad department track down the problem. Also tell me what kind of device you’re using; how you’re viewing the ad may be part of the problem. Thanks. Jenny your humble TubaDiva Administrator