@hypolite I don't get the context, it is not clear what this reply is for.

global silence allows to silence local accounts locally too, I use that for some nsfw accounts that signed up on my server. Silencing them will not show the posts in the community (local timeline), which sometimes then shows an empty page in the community, as it will simply not show the post, but count the not shown posts as posts, so pages will be empty.

@schmaker