Perhaps only Ethereum and Monero are worth discussing at the moment since I agree with @theymos:
This altcoin massacre made me ponder what the coin market cap listing should look like, if this stuff was based on real fundamental value and not pure pump-and-dump speculation. I'd put XMR and ETH at a very distant second and third to BTC, since they each provide some very real features over BTC which people are using right now to good effect (though each has problems). I haven't looked into the more recent ones much, though. Are there any others that are backed by more than empty promises?
However, XMR and ETH dev would use its respective forum to discuss the technical stuff... Why would they start posting here in bitcoin forum? I'm afraid new altcoin board will lead to more junk "proof of something" topics that full of jargons.