It started back when i had 300 friends, and I was getting 10 "Its almost your friend's birthday!" PMs a day, I have deleted 200 of these people, yet i am still getting notifications of their birthdays.
But now its really starting to annoy me when i am trying to check my PMs when i wake up, but its just Flynn telling me to spend gaia cash that I dont have, or in a tiny area at the bottom of the PM, telling me to spend gold for a gift.
So call me an a** if you want, but i dont care about people's birthdays online unless i consider them people i talk to a lot, such as a few people i added from BetterGaia, and a few people i know on MSN too.
I think it would be a good idea for the Gaia Developers to make it so you can actually opt-out of her notifications, or make it so if you ignore her, she stops sending you PMs, because honestly its a completely asinine concept that gaia needs to advertise stuff that is worth a quarter, and needs to advertise it when its your friend's birthday.
STORY TIME!!
"yaaawn... wow i slept great *looks at calendar* oh no its Blood Promise's birthday (dont worry she is my friend) i need to check gaia!"
-5 minutes later-
"ah i have a PM *opens inbox* "
Flynn: "IT ALMOST YOUR FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY, GAIA WANT JUR MONEYZ PAY ME NOW OR NO ITEM FOR YOU"
"son of a b***h! goddamn flynn advertising crap, im gonna go hurt someone"
-2 hours later, in gaia towns-
Blood: "where is Ckhi, i thought he would be here, it is my birthday after all... all my other friends are here"
-back in my house, in a blood splattered room rocking back and forth with wristblades out-
"i hate you flynn i hate you flynn i hate you flynn i hate you flynn I HATE YOU FLYNN!!!!! *goes on bloody rampage through neighborhood*