# Introducing Ask Someone Who Owns One **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2018, 3:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479 "2018-02-19T15:39:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/21 "2018-03-04T02:20:22Z")
Has [carcomplaints.com](http://carcomplaints.com) stopped providing a link to Car Talk? I looked around and couldn’t find something called Ask Someone Who Owns One, or anything resembling a link to this site. There is a resources page that would be an ideal place to link to partners, but we don’t show up. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2018, 11:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/22 "2018-03-07T11:47:49Z")
Hello. Thank you for the tip. We have since identified a small problem when we attempted to make the posts only visible to the moderators. We thus had to make them visible to all — so when you look at the pull down where you can view different sections, today and in the future those posts will now be visible again. ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/23 "2018-03-08T16:39:08Z")
@Senior-Web-Lackey Why are so many of the posts from carcomplaints web site poorly written and vague ? Seriously , if Car Talk forum needs support money I would rather put up with ads from real merchants that sell Automotive parts and equipment. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2018, 5:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/24 "2018-03-08T17:08:46Z")
I can scarcely speak for Doug. But I surmise that ads only go so far when a lot of the benefit of ads comes from an increased number of eyeballs seeing them. So by creating the partner relationship (and to steer more traffic here), the rising tide should raise all boats, as it were. The questions aren’t perfect, especially since people don’t necessarily see where the question will land from the originating site. I do notice more of them appear to be from other countries, and people’s handle on English isn’t great. Over the first couple of months we’re looking at how they come in, and how much people come back. Please, be civil to the posters, and if the question is so spare that you can’t make heads or tails of it (and you judge it’s not worth asking the person for any other information), you’re also quite entitled not to say anything at all to them. ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/25 "2018-03-10T23:43:02Z")
I notice the posts [https://community.cartalk.com/](https://community.cartalk.com/) site do not match up to posts on the new tab [https://community.cartalk.com/new](https://community.cartalk.com/new) ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2018, 11:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/26 "2018-03-10T23:54:55Z")
Hi. Do you mean that the Ask Someone posts don’t show up on the main [community.cartalk.com](http://community.cartalk.com) page? ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/27 "2018-03-11T00:01:01Z")
Just saying they are like 2 different places, and yes the ask someone posts do not show up, but the top post in the car talk site does not show up in the new posts. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2018, 12:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/28 "2018-03-11T00:02:27Z")
I see the 1979 MB post, but it’s not the first thread on the discussion list. ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/29 "2019-07-26T13:58:40Z")
A couple of other problems with the “ask someone” Seems OP can make their thread “private”, when we ask for more information the thread disappears. “Ask someone” replies often do not appear except in “latest”, should also appear under “top”. ---
**Author:** ![cdaquila](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cdaquila/32/18089_2.png) [@cdaquila](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cdaquila)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/30 "2019-07-26T14:32:04Z")
Hi Purebred. Are you referring to discussions where you might go into the thread while it’s still filed under Ask Someone, that don’t make it over into the Latest discussions? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479/31 "2019-07-26T15:05:00Z")
The “ask someone” will appear under “New” in Car Talk community, then disappear. All other threads, ie General Discussion, Maintenance/repairs, will show up under “Top” ( I usually will look at “Today” or “Week”) the “Ask Someone” just disappears. I went over to [carcomplaints.com](http://carcomplaints.com) to see if I could access “ask someone” no luck. I thought that was the originating site for “ ask someone”. If we get a response to a question, then the thread will appear. Or if another responder “likes” my comment then I can access the thread. Otherwise disappears. I may be doing something wrong or misunderstanding something, but? [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/introducing-ask-someone-who-owns-one/112479.md?page=1)