... I quoted the article and made an observation about the screenshot. Nothing you wrote contradicts anything I wrote.
"Wrong and wrong" yourself. The headline is absolutely false.
I make no excuses for, as I said, the uncouth nature of this addition. It's a pretty stupid way to encourage G+ usage anyway. (25 people last year, pfft)
> None of the San Francisco city officials who organized the event, it seems, knew about the marketing language Google inserted on the RSVP page.
> The officer spearheading the program, Matt Friedman also didn't know about the additional marketing language.
And you are required to indicate whether or not you've reviewed 5 businesses on Google+ Local.
The intention was clear: To coerce people into using Google+. I'm not sure why you're trying to justify it by arguing semantics.