You can already have the Spy only show threads you are subscribed to (ones you care about). As far as being mentioned in a thread, to be honest that seems kind of well... pointless.
It would be better to have a system that monitored new threads for keywords the user picked (if they wanted to pick their username, then they could, but they could also pick others). And be notified via email. Sitting there watching every thread stream across in hopes someone mentioned your username doesn't seem terribly efficient. Especially considering you literally would have to sit there and watch since after 25 more posts in the forum were made, it would have scrolled off the Spy and you wouldn't see any longer.
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