Addition method and apparatus for IM friends

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for adding IM friends, said method comprising: a second IM buddy list to show the user on the first instant messaging user interface of the IM user, wherein the second user to the first IM an IM user's friends, IM buddy list of the second user includes at least a third user; obtaining a first degree of closeness information between the first user and the second IM IM user and a second user IM the second degree of intimacy between the third information of the IM user; determining whether the first information and the second intimacy intimacy preset condition information is reached; if so, the first user interface of the IM user a third display directly added IM user operating a first inlet friends, so that when the first operation by adding a third inlet for receiving the request is to add, buddy add request to the third user IM friends of friends . Thus, when you add a friend, avoid excessive garbage request.