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'Hidden' Google+ button for kicking out unwanted chatmates


Is someone in your Google+ Hangouts video chat getting offensive or obnoxious? Now you can kick them out with just one click of a hidden "Kick" button. In a Google+ post, programmer Mohamed Mansour said the "kick" button is concealed in the Hangout Document Object Model (DOM). "The Google+ Hangout DOM has an invisible kick button (just remove its visibility style) and when you click on it, you will see a nice kick bar!" he said. He hinted this may be the first of moderation features for Hangouts coming soon. Hangouts is Google+'s video-chat feature. A separate article on tech site CNET said the new button raises the prospect of Google's upcoming social network getting better moderation tools. CNET also said more substantive changes such as corporate profiles or the ability to search Google+ remain in the offing. This came shortly after "rival" social networking site Facebook added the ability to follow another person's public posts, something done on Google+ and Twitter. — TJD, GMA News