It's far too intrusive - covers part of the user information and part of the quick reply box if you try to use that.
It's not just a case of hating it for me, it's case of it having absolutely no use for me yet not being able to remove it.
I've noticed when browsing threads this morning that there seems to be an automatic 'shares' sidebar on the left hand side, which has links to Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and others. Now, there is also an option to make it disappear, but then it re-appears every time you move to a new page and...