The buddylist module gives users the ability to list people they would like to have on their list of favourite people, as well as show who has put that user on their buddylist. Sites with the buddylist module enabled will see "my buddylist" in the sidebar navigation block, which is a link to the lists. If the site administrator has enabled the buddylist block, that list will appear on the sidebar, and users may be given the option of whether or not to display that block. Another feature of the buddylist is that FOAF module will import your buddylist settings.

To add a user to your buddylist:

1. Login
2. Find a user to put on your buddylist. This can be done by:
• clicking on their username in a post they've made
• clicking on their username if the administrator has enabled viewing of the user list
• clicking on the username from someone else's buddy list
3. Once on a user's profile, you will see a heading called "my buddy actions", and below that either a link with "Add [username] to my buddy list" if that user is not already on your list. [username] will be replaced with the username of the profile you are viewing.
4. Click the "Add user" button.

To remove a user from your buddy list:

1. Login
2. Find a user to put on your buddylist. See above for ways to find users.
3. or with "Remove [username] from my buddy list" if that user is on your list. [username] will be replaced with the username of the profile you are viewing.
4. Click the "Remove user" button.

To add or remove the list of your buddies on a sidebar block:

Some site administrators will make a sidebar block of users' buddylists visible on all pages, or on some pages. However, they might allow the user to decide whether or not the block appears. If this is the case:

1. Click on my account on your sidebar navigation menu.
2. Click the edit tab.
3. Scroll down to the Block configuration settings.
4. Check (or uncheck) the box next to "Buddy list" for the list of buddies.
5. Check (or uncheck) the box next to "Buddies' recent posts" for a short list of links to their most recent posts to the site.
6. Click the save account button at the bottom of the account edit page.

To view your buddy list and optionally track their posts:

1. Login
2. Click the "my buddylist"
• You buddylist will be shown with some information about each user. As well, two tabs will appear, "buddies", which is the list of users you've added to your list, and "buddies of", which is the list of people who have added you to their buddylist.

To track the posts made by your buddies:

1. View your buddy list (see above).
2. Click the "buddies" tab
3. Click "recent posts" just below the "buddies" tab
• This shows a chronologically ordered listing of posts made by the people on your buddylist
• Also, an RSS feed is available by clicking the red XML button () at the bottom of the content which is a link to the buddylist feed. Note: if an XML button also appears on the sidebar, the sidebar XML button is for the main content and not your buddylist's posts.