def fetch_friends(self, user, paginate=False):
        """
        fethces friends from facebook using the oauth_token
        fethched by django-social-auth.

        Note - user isn't a user - it's a UserSocialAuth if using social auth, or a SocialAccount if using allauth

        Returns:
            collection of friend objects fetched from facebook
        """

        if USING_ALLAUTH:
            social_app = SocialApp.objects.get_current('facebook')
            oauth_token = SocialToken.objects.get(account=user, app=social_app).token
        else:
            social_auth_backend = FacebookBackend()

            # Get the access_token
            tokens = social_auth_backend.tokens(user)
            oauth_token = tokens['access_token']

        graph = facebook.GraphAPI(oauth_token)

        friends = graph.get_connections("me", "friends")

        if paginate:
            total_friends = friends.copy()
            total_friends.pop('paging')
            while 'paging' in friends and 'next' in friends['paging'] and friends['paging']['next']:
                next_url = friends['paging']['next']
                next_url_parsed = urlparse.urlparse(next_url)
                query_data = urlparse.parse_qs(next_url_parsed.query)
                query_data.pop('access_token')
                for k, v in query_data.items():
                    query_data[k] = v[0]
                friends = graph.get_connections("me", "friends", **query_data)
                total_friends['data'] = sum([total_friends['data'], friends['data']], [])
        else:
            total_friends = friends

        return total_friends
fethces friends from facebook using the oauth_token
        fethched by django-social-auth.

        Note - user isn't a user - it's a UserSocialAuth if using social auth, or a SocialAccount if using allauth

        Returns:
            collection of friend objects fetched from facebook