1. A computer implemented method for managing instant messaging interruptions, comprising: receiving an instant message at a communications device, the instant message being sent to a user of the communications device from a user of a computing device, the instant message containing a common phrase that typically does not require a response from the user of the communication device; comparing, after the instant message is received by the communications device, at least one term in the instant message to a plurality of terms in a no-response-required (NRR) library comprising a common phrase that typically does not require a response from the user of the communications device to the user of the computing device; and representing the instant message as an instant message agent character (IMAC) on the communications device of a recipient in response to a match between the at least one term in the instant message and at least one of the plurality of terms in the NRR library.