<i>I’m sure you’ve heard people rant about being banned from a service when they don’t think they should have been. This is not one of those rants.</i><p>Well, that's exactly what it is, though. Nothing wrong with that.
Update: my Google+ profile has been restored, with no explanation so far. My concern remains that there is such a coupling between their social media service and every other product. I have added an update to this effect at the top of the post.
> ... all of the hard work I put into labeling people I’ve met in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts<p>Are they all Ok with it, you have their permission? because I wouldn't be personally.