METHOD AND DEVICE FOR UPDATING MESSAGES

The invention discloses a method and a device for updating messages, which belong to the technical field of microblog technology. The method comprises: acquiring message indexes from a microblog server when a user requests updating messages; determining K message indexes as message indexes of the messages for initial message display from the acquired message indexes according to the preset number K, acquiring the corresponding messages from the microblog server according to the message indexes of the messages for initial message display and displaying the corresponding messages to the user; wherein K is a natural number. The device comprises: an acquisition module and an initial display module. The invention reduces the load on the microblog server, avoids resources waste at the client and improves the user's experience.