addressing comments

app/helpers/issues_helper.rb

@@ -104,6 +104,10 @@ module IssuesHelper
     ::AwardEmoji::EMOJI_LIST
   end
 
+  def note_active_class(notes, current_user)
+    notes.pluck(:author_id).include?(current_user.id) ? "active" : ""
+  end
+
   # Required for Gitlab::Markdown::IssueReferenceFilter
   module_function :url_for_issue
 end

app/models/note.rb

@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ class Note < ActiveRecord::Base
   mount_uploader :attachment, AttachmentUploader
 
   # Scopes
-  scope :awards, ->{ where("is_award IS TRUE") }
-  scope :nonawards, ->{ where("is_award IS FALSE") }
+  scope :awards, ->{ where(is_award: true) }
+  scope :nonawards, ->{ where(is_award: false) }
   scope :for_commit_id, ->(commit_id) { where(noteable_type: "Commit", commit_id: commit_id) }
   scope :inline, ->{ where("line_code IS NOT NULL") }
   scope :not_inline, ->{ where(line_code: [nil, '']) }

app/views/votes/_votes_block.html.haml

 .awards.votes-block
-  - votable.notes.awards.grouped_awards.each do | vote |
-    .award{class: ("active" if vote.last.pluck(:author_id).include?(current_user.id)), title: emoji_author_list(vote.last, current_user)}
-      .icon{"data-emoji" => "#{vote.first}"}
-        = image_tag url_to_emoji(vote.first), height: "20px", width: "20px"
+  - votable.notes.awards.grouped_awards.each do | note |
+    .award{class: (note_active_class(note.last, current_user)), title: emoji_author_list(note.last, current_user)}
+      .icon{"data-emoji" => "#{note.first}"}
+        = image_tag url_to_emoji(note.first), height: "20px", width: "20px"
       .counter
-        = vote.last.count
+        = note.last.count
 
   .dropdown.awards-controls
     %a.add-award{"data-toggle" => "dropdown", "data-target" => "#", "href" => "#"}

db/migrate/20151106000015_add_is_award_to_notes.rb

 class AddIsAwardToNotes < ActiveRecord::Migration
   def change
-    add_column :notes, :is_award, :boolean, default: false
+    add_column :notes, :is_award, :boolean, default: false, null: false
+    add_index :notes, :is_award
   end
 end

db/schema.rb

@@ -554,13 +554,14 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20151116144118) do
     t.boolean  "system",        default: false, null: false
     t.text     "st_diff"
     t.integer  "updated_by_id"
-    t.boolean  "is_award",      default: false
+    t.boolean  "is_award",      default: false, null: false
   end
 
   add_index "notes", ["author_id"], name: "index_notes_on_author_id", using: :btree
   add_index "notes", ["commit_id"], name: "index_notes_on_commit_id", using: :btree
   add_index "notes", ["created_at", "id"], name: "index_notes_on_created_at_and_id", using: :btree
   add_index "notes", ["created_at"], name: "index_notes_on_created_at", using: :btree
+  add_index "notes", ["is_award"], name: "index_notes_on_is_award", using: :btree
   add_index "notes", ["line_code"], name: "index_notes_on_line_code", using: :btree
   add_index "notes", ["noteable_id", "noteable_type"], name: "index_notes_on_noteable_id_and_noteable_type", using: :btree
   add_index "notes", ["noteable_type"], name: "index_notes_on_noteable_type", using: :btree