Gregory's Server@Mehrad So silencing means:
"A limited account is hidden to all other users on that instance, except for its followers. All of the content is still there, and it can still be found via search, mentions, and following, but the content is invisible publicly."
IIUC it means that if someone you follow boosts a silenced account you don't also follow, you won't see it. If you use search, you will still find it.
Edit. doot via fosstodon.org shows "This profile has been hidden...", but not via Tusky.
@ttiurani thanks for the explanation. I don't have @doot account those that I followed, and yet when @aral boosted their post, I saw it on my wall (and that's how I joined the discussion). But as you said, Tusky, which I'm using, is showing both account normally. In my [perhaps flawed] logic, a server-wide policy should apply on all users regardless of their client. That is why I asked for testing and investigation rather than jumping to conclusion.