Did this ever get added? I don't see it, but might have just missed it...

// Glue back query.

		$query 		= implode(' ', $query);

		// remove below query to make it work before.

		//$query  = 'SELECT b.* FROM `#__users` AS b inner join #__social_friends as f ON b.id = f.target_id WHERE b.name LIKE '.'"%' . $term . '%"'.' OR b.username LIKE '.'"%' . $term . '%"';

		$query  = 'SELECT b.* FROM `#__users` AS b WHERE b.name LIKE '.'"%' . $term . '%"'.' OR b.username LIKE '.'"%' . $term . '%"';

		$db->setQuery( $query );

// Glue back query.

		$query 		= implode(' ', $query);

		$db->setQuery($query);

		$result 	= $db->loadColumn();

		if (!$result) {

			return false;

		}

		if (isset($options['privacy'])) {

			$my = FD::user();

			$privacyLib  = $my->getPrivacy();

			$privacyRule = $options['privacy'];

			$finalResult = array();

			foreach ($result as $rs) {

				$addItem = $privacyLib->validate( $privacyRule, $rs );

				if ($addItem) {

					$finalResult[] = $rs;

				}

			}



			$result = $finalResult;

		}

		$friends 	= FD::user($result);

		return $friends;

	}