100 days without ALL CAPS rants: Why Donald Trump's online silence matters 18 Apr, 2021 03:02 AM 8 minutes to read Donald Trump's Twitter ban raised questions of free speech and censorship in the social media age. Photo / AP Donald Trump's Twitter ban raised questions of free speech and censorship in the social media age. Photo / AP New York Times By: Sarah Lyall That soothing sound that Gary Cavalli hears emanating from Twitter these days? It is the sound of silence — specifically, the silence of former US president Donald Trump. "My blood pressure has gone down 20 points," said Cavalli, 71, whose obsessive hate-following of Trump ended for good when Twitter permanently barred the former president in January. "Not having to read his latest dishonest tweets has made my life so much happier."