So this may be above and beyond the realm of what the admins feel is good/necessary, etc, but what if there was a page that listed all currently online toons, with a provided link on the front page.
It could be just a text list, or it could be a page-o-pictures (for those that provided them), or some combo thereof. That may do more to take away from the 'yay I'm on the front page!' coolness that's set up now, however.
Anyway, it's just an idea.