docbrown/app/services/users/suggest_for_sidebar.rb

module Users
  class SuggestForSidebar
    def self.call(user, given_tag)
      new(user, given_tag).suggest
    end

    def initialize(user, given_tag)
      @user = user
      @given_tag = given_tag
      # TODO: @citizen428 - I just moved this code from elsewhere, but 25 seems
      # to be geared towards DEV and may not work for smaller communities.
      @minimum_reaction_count = Rails.env.production? ? 25 : 0
    end

    def suggest
      suggested_user_ids = Rails.cache.fetch(generate_cache_name, expires_in: 120.hours) do
        (reputable_user_ids + random_user_ids).uniq
      end
      User.select(:id, :name, :username, :profile_image).where(id: suggested_user_ids)
    end

    private

    attr_reader :user, :given_tag, :minimum_reaction_count

    def generate_cache_name
      "tag-#{given_tag}-user-#{user.id}-#{user.last_followed_at}/tag-follow-suggestions"
    end

    def active_authors_for_given_tags
      @active_authors_for_given_tags ||= Article.published.tagged_with([given_tag], any: true)
        .where(public_reactions_count: minimum_reaction_count..)
        .where(published_at: 4.months.ago..)
        .where.not(user_id: user.id)
        .where.not(user_id: user.following_by_type("User"))
        .pluck(:user_id)
    end

    def reputable_user_ids
      User.where(id: active_authors_for_given_tags).order(reputation_modifier: :desc).limit(20).ids
    end

    def random_user_ids
      User.where(id: active_authors_for_given_tags).order(Arel.sql("RANDOM()")).limit(20).ids
    end
  end
end