What you are saying is ridiculous. The merit system is not censoring anyone and neither is the implementation of ranks in these forums. Newbies aside, all of the ranks are able to post in most sections of the forums and are only limited by the frequency at which they can post, which should honestly not be a problem as even the lowest ranks have quite reasonable limits which cannot be considered "censorship". I do not have a strong opinion on Roger Ver or his forum, so I cannot speak as to anything regarding them, but I have been around for long enough to know that the system used in here is good for the forums as it only scares away spammers and am willing to defend this change.

Well I had a quick look at that forum, and this is an extract from the first thread -

I think I prefer a forum with some censorship.

Also, I noticed they have solved the problem of ranking based on merit points by not having any ranks. They have also solved the problem of sig spamming by not allowing signatures.

In my opinion the serious discussion boards here provide a better alternative, and now that some of the more intelligent and knowledgeable Bitcoin Talk members are starting to be active there, they have the potential to become the most useful boards for active Bitcoin users.