If searching for your friend's username in the steemit search box does not work, there is another way for you to find them.
Type www.steemit.com/@yourfriendsusername into your brower's address bar.
For example -- www.steemit.com/@denasozio
You should be good to go!
Thanks for the post! Very handy if you know the person's username. Now steemit needs it's own search engine.
Thank you! I was thinking along those same lines--about Steemit having their own search engine. Maybe they will add new features like that in the future.