I am very surprised at the amount of paranoia about using any "third" party service. I'm also very curious about what kind of trouble a notification bot can cause.
Come on, use your imagination 
A notification bot in combination with a smart watch gives me access to your arm:
I suddenly feel the urge to change the title on all posts in one of my topics to do this:
This has to be done.Code:
You received 1 merit from LoyceV for Looking at your hairy arm.
The awesomeness in the small things.
You also have to think that I glance at my wristband in mostly inappropriate situation as: business meetings, family gathering, social event. Making me giggle looking at my wristband could spark interest in what I read, hence forcing my improvisation in creative excuses!
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