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Is it possible to disable the share button?

The little orange share button is getting on my nerves because it always opens that little bubble when I accidentally run my mouse over it. That can get really frustrating when I'm rating things. So, is it possible to prevent the little bubble from appearing or am I stuck with it?
Is it possible to disable the share button?
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i know, that's so annoying, it just pops up!
TDIlover226 posted over a year ago
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I'd like to know this, too! I wish they'd move the button somewhere else on the page...
astroasis posted over a year ago
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smoore23 - My Bad. I'm looking for a global solution to this annoyance as the share button is pretty darn ubiquitous annoyance these days. Also, I had the "they" of Fanpop confused with the "they" of the share button guys/people/company/sleazeballs/whomever. I now see that Fanpop does indeed have a very helpful delay setup but I don't use Fanpop. I only ended up here through a Google search for a way to disable or delay the immediate share pop-up wherever and whenever it may appear. As yet, no such solution found, but if I find one I will come back and tell y'all.
gregdavid posted over a year ago
 smoore23 posted over a year ago
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astroasis said:
Oblix's suggestion was a great one, but caused a few users some problems with missing buttons. To block the Share button without losing your other buttons, make sure to do the following:

1. Right click on the "Share" button.
2. Select "AdBlock Image"
3. Tick the "Custom" radio button in the window that comes up.
4. Click "Add Filter"

Your Share button will no longer be there, but the other buttons will still remain. You'll lose your other Fanpop buttons (fans/save/etc) if you have the latest AdBlock and neglect steps 3 & 4.

If you have an older version of AdBlock, then you can simply follow Oblix's directions and everything should work fine. (Although you should probably update your AdBlock ;))
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posted over a year ago 
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Thank you so much!
smoore23 posted over a year ago
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You're very welcome! Glad I could help :)
astroasis posted over a year ago
oblix said:
Yes, Firefox, ad block users, i found that ad blocking image gets rid of it completely.

hover over the share button, right click and ad block. (would show image but i cant as i don't have it any more.
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Yes, Firefox, ad block users, i found that ad blocking image gets rid of it completely. hover over the share button, right click and ad block. (would show image but i cant as i don't have it any more.
posted over a year ago 
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obby i love you *nods*
germany123 posted over a year ago
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If your other buttons are disappearing, it's because you either set a wildcard in your filter or your AdBlock automatically set a wildcard. This works just fine as long as you make sure you're ONLY filtering out the "Share" image. Make sure your filter ends with "share.gif" and not with ANYTHING else.
astroasis posted over a year ago
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I've added another answer with the proper directions to block JUST the share button. :)
astroasis posted over a year ago
gregdavid said:
I have no answer as I've tried Ad Muncher which is for all browsers, not just Firefox and it does not recognize either the share button image or the pop-up frame being there. Anyone have any clues?
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posted over a year ago 
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Well they fixed the problem a while back: instead of immediately popping up with that menu, now it is delayed.
smoore23 posted over a year ago
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