diff --git a/app/controllers/ajax/question_controller.rb b/app/controllers/ajax/question_controller.rb
index 48c8d389..e2963804 100644
--- a/app/controllers/ajax/question_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/ajax/question_controller.rb
@@ -43,18 +43,18 @@ class Ajax::QuestionController < AjaxController
 
     if user_signed_in? && params[:rcpt] == "followers"
       UseCase::Question::CreateFollowers.call(
-        source_user_id: current_user.id,
-        content:        params[:question],
+        source_user_id:    current_user.id,
+        content:           params[:question],
         author_identifier: AnonymousBlock.get_identifier(request.ip)
       )
       return
     end
 
     UseCase::Question::Create.call(
-      source_user_id: user_signed_in? ? current_user.id : nil,
-      target_user_id: params[:rcpt],
-      content:        params[:question],
-      anonymous:      params[:anonymousQuestion],
+      source_user_id:    user_signed_in? ? current_user.id : nil,
+      target_user_id:    params[:rcpt],
+      content:           params[:question],
+      anonymous:         params[:anonymousQuestion],
       author_identifier: AnonymousBlock.get_identifier(request.ip)
     )
   end
diff --git a/app/controllers/ajax_controller.rb b/app/controllers/ajax_controller.rb
index 5085ba00..f6718de0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/ajax_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/ajax_controller.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class AjaxController < ApplicationController
     @response = {
       success: false,
       message: e.message,
-      status: e.code
+      status:  e.code
     }
 
     return_response
diff --git a/app/workers/question_worker.rb b/app/workers/question_worker.rb
index cb13edf6..0416244a 100644
--- a/app/workers/question_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/question_worker.rb
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ class QuestionWorker
     question = Question.find(question_id)
 
     user.followers.each do |f|
-      if MuteRule.where(user: f).none? { |rule| rule.applies_to? question }
-        Inbox.create(user_id: f.id, question_id: question_id, new: true)
-      end
+      next if MuteRule.where(user: f).any? { |rule| rule.applies_to? question }
+
+      Inbox.create(user_id: f.id, question_id: question_id, new: true)
     end
   rescue StandardError => e
     logger.info "failed to ask question: #{e.message}"
diff --git a/lib/use_case/question/create.rb b/lib/use_case/question/create.rb
index 8a120865..1cf6b5d9 100644
--- a/lib/use_case/question/create.rb
+++ b/lib/use_case/question/create.rb
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ module UseCase
       end
 
       def check_blocks
-        if source_user_id.present?
-          raise Errors::AskingOtherBlockedSelf if target_user.blocking?(source_user)
-          raise Errors::AskingSelfBlockedOther if source_user.blocking?(target_user)
-        end
+        return if source_user_id.blank?
+
+        raise Errors::AskingOtherBlockedSelf if target_user.blocking?(source_user)
+        raise Errors::AskingSelfBlockedOther if source_user.blocking?(target_user)
       end
 
       def increment_asked_count