Thanks for all the replies to the “How did you first find Station V3?” poll! I had planned to leave it up a while longer, but apparently the poll plugin I was using made the site use more than its share of the server’s CPU. (In case you were wondering why the site was down for part of last Thursday, that was the reason!) The results were staying about the same as additional votes came in, though… A lot of you first found the site through the Monolith ads, and a lot of you found it through a link from another comic. So I’ll keep running the Monolith ads (which have certainly done better than some of the others I’ve tried), and if any of you have a comic (or other site) and want to link to Station V3, go right ahead! (Some link buttons are available here, if you like that sort of thing!)
Probably the biggest surprise was that nobody voted for the Facebook/Myspace/Twitter option or the Stumbleupon/Reddit option, considering how much traffic has come from some of those sites at times (especially Stumbleupon) – so don’t let that stop you from pressing any of the “share” buttons on any strips you happen to like!
Also, the “comic voting site” option only got a few votes, but I’m going to keep putting up occasional voting bonuses (like the picture of Ebb meeting a Tree of the Celestial Orb that just went up) – they do point at least a few people in V3’s direction, and I enjoy making them! (Also, it gives me something to put in the bonus archive – Which has just been updated again!) 
I believe part of the challenge of picking an ad comes from the fact that it has to capture the essence of what is after all following a story, without them having to follow the story. As a result many of the ads that would seam great to you or anyone else who is already reading Station V3 will be lost on new readers, even those who would agree that it is awesome had they read the other strips.
I tried to pick ones that would make some sort of sense out of context, but some definitely work better than others. Before the Monolith one, there was one with Linton pushing a button that got a pretty good response. (Might have been based on this one: http://www.stationv3.com/d/20080407.html)
Yeah, well, I’ve never been into Facebook/Myspace/Twitter/Stumbleupon/Reddit stuff. I do all my internet socializing on certain forums and comments pages like this one. That might make me eccentric, but at least I’m no internet hermit!
I’ve found Stumbleupon and Reddit pretty good for finding interesting things, though I suppose the socializing does happen a bit there. I’m sort of active on Twitter, though I tend to go for a while without saying anything at times. (Which is probably why I haven’t signed up for Myspace or Facebook – I’d just do the same thing there!) Same with some of the forums I read occasionally. My rank on the forum at thewebcomiclist.com is “Needs to post more!”) I try to stay relatively active here, at least.