1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving user-input from a first user, the user-input identifying a second user of a question-and-answer service to whom a message is to be communicated, the message to include a solicitation for an answer to a question; communicating the message to the second user; and subsequent to communicating the message to the second user, presenting a web page including the question and a notification indicating i) that the second user has been solicited for an answer to the question and, ii) the number of solicitations for an answer to the question that the second user has received.