Well, its really sad.
Aptosid was a good successor for sidux at its time (with a reliable ugly design *g*) and, it may be a coincidence, I read in their forum some weeks ago and I also concluded, that it is nearly dead (like your linked thread from 2013!). Some ppl try to maintain it, but for me its like life support on a dead body.
And I say this without any "schadenfreude", because a lot of honest and good work and engagement will be lost and for nothing.
On the other hand, I am glad to have choosen the "right" side here with siduction, (there was never really a question for me, because I like am old fashiond and prefer friendlyness and people who truely like to build something and do not have that amount of negativity like we saw in the aptodiforum before the fork.)
So, long live siduction!