Google+ Account Suspended? You Won't Find Out Why

jfruh writes "Dan Tynan is a tech writer and blogger who discovered, while trying to post links to his writing on his Google+ profile, that his account had been suspended. This despite the fact that he used his real name and didn't violate the terms of service in any other way. Upon appeal his account was reinstated, just as mysteriously as it was shut down, but along the way he discovered a rash of people with suspended Google+ accounts who can't figure out what they did to anger the Google gods."

Just like the no-fly list?

[riverat1]

Is Google acting like the TSA?

Oh, Google.

[w3dg]

Art thou not aware of thine own future? Art thou so evil, one cannot trust thy anymore? Woe is me. Woe is me...

Re: Attention unemployed geeks!

[aglider]

I would publish all this golden info on your Google+ account, rather than SlashDot.

Re:Uh, what?

[Bill, Shooter of Bul]

That bastard has invented time travel, and or imortality! Which everyone knows, is explicitly banned in the TOS of Google Plus. That's why he got banned.

Re:Just like the no-fly list?

[Ukab the Great]

Worse--like e-Harmony.

Re:Oh, Google.

[gamanimatron]

Thou'rt a-prick with grammar.

Re:Shenanigans

[mk1004]

You can get banned from slashdot?

[citation needed]

I was wrong. You don't get banned from /., they just make you moderate.

He was Banned for Excessive Usage

[l0ungeb0y]

Once again Slashdot links to a woefully inadequate article that only details one side of the story as a blatant attack on whatever service the author decides to pull out of his ass.

If you could anyone could actually be bothered to take a few minutes to find more informative articles, you'll come across Google's Official response:

"Google tries to provide a World-Class Social Networking Service. In order to meet the high standards of our users, we must be diligent in monitoring the behavior of our users to identify and block parties that may be a threat to the enjoyment of our site and safety to other users. In this case we saw that this particular user was using Google+ far too much, essentially using it for more than 5 minutes a day, which is a big red flag, since everyone knows that no one uses Google+ for anything. As such, he was blocked for being a spam bot. However, since receiving his butt-hurt email, we have reinstated his account, since spam-bots are incapable of getting their jimmies rustled."

Re:Just like the no-fly list?

[yurtinus]

It's because I wanted the name, and I asked nicely.

Re:Oh, Google.

[Anonymous Coward]

They're, their. Take a deep breath and it will all be ok.

Re:Just like MS...

[honestmonkey]

But, I do think profanity is o----(*#^%%)(&^ no carrier