Nah, Gaia's just holds their announcements for the afternoon (EST). Kinda around 4 or so the barage comes back. Not was bad as it was at the beginning of the year, but it's still a bit annoying.
Gaia hasn't stopped with the Gold Gens, by the way. They just started incorporating them into other RIGs - so you have a choice between getting gold or GoFusion charms or anything else they put into the given RIG