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From a strictly utilitarian perspective, Twitter's actions generated backlash that was probably avoidable had they continued with their previous policy of placing a label that basically said "this guy is an idiot" on every tweet. This obviously has to be balanced against the damage caused by letting him break very rule without (apparent) consequences. I'm not sure where I stand on this issue, but I can see an argument for both sides.

This is however a completely disjoint topic. "Should they have done X" and "Should they be able to do X if they so choose" are very different questions.

[twmiller]

From my perspective, we're still talking about the actual events of Jan. 6, rather than whatever inane thing Trump would have tweeted this morning to deflect that conversation. In my mind, that's a HUGE win that far outweighs any backlash. I also, personally, wonder how overstated that backlash actually is. I don't know anyone IRL that is lamenting the fact that Trump lost his Twitter account.