message explaining that we're populating things in the background

app/controllers/services_controller.rb

@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ class ServicesController < ApplicationController
 
   def finder
     @finder = true
-    service = current_user.services.where(:type => "Services::#{params[:provider].titleize}").first
-    @friends = service ? service.finder(:remote => params[:remote]).paginate( :page => params[:page], :per_page => 15) : []
+    @service = current_user.services.where(:type => "Services::#{params[:provider].titleize}").first
+    @friends = @service ? @service.finder(:remote => params[:remote]).paginate( :page => params[:page], :per_page => 15) : []
   end
 
   def inviter

app/views/services/finder.html.haml

@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
       = render :partial => 'remote_friend', :collection => @friends, :as => :friend
 
       = will_paginate @friends
+    - elsif @service
+      .no_contacts
+        %br
+        %br
+        %h4
+          = t('.fetching_contacts', :service => params[:provider].titleize)
     - else
       .no_contacts
         = link_to(image_tag("social_media_logos/facebook-48x48.png"), "/auth/facebook")

config/locales/diaspora/en.yml

@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@ en:
       join_me_on_diaspora: "Join me on DIASPORA*"
       click_link_to_accept_invitation: "Follow this link to accept your invitation"
     finder:
+      fetching_contacts: "Diaspora is populating your %{service} friends please check back in a few minutes."
       service_friends: "%{service} Friends"
       no_friends: "No Facebook friends found."
     remote_friend: