prevent authored awardable thumbs votes

app/controllers/concerns/toggle_award_emoji.rb

@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ module ToggleAwardEmoji
   def toggle_award_emoji
     name = params.require(:name)
 
-    return render json: { ok: false } unless awardable.user_can_award?(current_user, name)
+    if awardable.user_can_award?(current_user, name)
+      awardable.toggle_award_emoji(name, current_user)
+      TodoService.new.new_award_emoji(to_todoable(awardable), current_user)
 
-    awardable.toggle_award_emoji(name, current_user)
-    TodoService.new.new_award_emoji(to_todoable(awardable), current_user)
-
-    render json: { ok: true }
+      render json: { ok: true }
+    else
+      render json: { ok: false }
+    end
   end
 
   private

app/models/concerns/awardable.rb

@@ -64,8 +64,11 @@ module Awardable
   end
 
   def user_can_award?(current_user, name)
-    name = normalize_name(name)
-    !(self.user_authored?(current_user) && awardable_votes?(name))
+    if user_authored?(current_user)
+      !awardable_votes?(normalize_name(name))
+    else
+      true
+    end
   end
 
   def awarded_emoji?(emoji_name, current_user)