Should fluther notify you when someone is referring to you?

We can pm to someone and they will receive a message on their profile, we can reference to a user in a thread to help us understand the flow and context of the question better. I (think I) completely understand the difference and maybe even the motivation behind this choice, however if someone refers to me in a question I kind of feel obligated to respond.

Maybe this was overlooked/postponed, maybe it was considered a bad idea, but what about some kind of (subtle, non intrusive) notification to feed my narcissistic and human decency needs? Do you think this is a bad idea in general or would you welcome it? Extra lurve for suggestions on how to notify without cluttering your profile more.

I ask because I just randomly visited a 2 week old topic. To my surprise I found the last quip(?) to refer to me (@markyy) and feel a little bad that I did not respond.