because the team doesn't have the interest to make an announcement thread on bitcointalk. I can say the team had big supporters that had reflected by the status's slack. But, better to ask for directly with the team.
No one is able to answer your question before.
But I'd like to see the announcement of status token on the bitcointalk.
because that's another promising project which has a relationship with the bancor project to make a big community in the future and be able to manage it's economic.