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Re:HN Notify by pfarrell on Friday October 04, 2013 @10:14PM (#6499113)
Ahh. I had a similar desire to code something like this up, but didn't because I found there was some sort if service available on your account called notifo. Wonder what happened to it...

Gl with this service. I definitely wanted it when I've done "ask hn" type things.

How sure are you that the message will get to the notified's inbox? Email delivery is not easily done.

Re:HN Notify by keeperofdakeys on Saturday October 05, 2013 @02:12AM (#6499658)
Notifo was around two or so years ago, and I believe it was a startup that went through ycombinator, designed to be a "central notification center". It worked quite well for the short while I was using it.

They didn't take off though, and after saying they couldn't afford to keep servers running much longer, became silent. Any decent message notification system would require integration, so there is definitely an area left open.

Re:HN Notify by pfarrell on Friday October 04, 2013 @11:22PM (#6499249)
Well a little ddg-ing and I got my answer. Looks like notifo is no longer.
Re:HN Notify by Samuel_Michon on Friday October 04, 2013 @11:32PM (#6499273)
Thanks for taking the time to check up on it. Also, I love DDG, but I haven’t found an appropriate verb to describe the action yet. So far, I’ve been using ‘duckducking’.