diff --git a/lib/user_segments.rb b/lib/user_segments.rb
index 8a50f6d31..dd26132d0 100644
--- a/lib/user_segments.rb
+++ b/lib/user_segments.rb
@@ -11,30 +11,24 @@ class UserSegments
   end
 
   def self.proposal_authors
-    author_ids = Proposal.not_archived.not_retired.pluck(:author_id).uniq
-    author_ids(author_ids)
+    author_ids(Proposal.not_archived.not_retired.pluck(:author_id).uniq)
   end
 
   def self.investment_authors
-    author_ids = current_budget_investments.pluck(:author_id).uniq
-    author_ids(author_ids)
+    author_ids(current_budget_investments.pluck(:author_id).uniq)
   end
 
   def self.feasible_and_undecided_investment_authors
-    author_ids = current_budget_investments.where(feasibility: %w(feasible undecided))
-                                           .pluck(:author_id).uniq
-
-    author_ids(author_ids)
+    feasibility = %w(feasible undecided)
+    author_ids(current_budget_investments.where(feasibility: feasibility).pluck(:author_id).uniq)
   end
 
   def self.selected_investment_authors
-    author_ids = current_budget_investments.selected.pluck(:author_id).uniq
-    author_ids(author_ids)
+    author_ids(current_budget_investments.selected.pluck(:author_id).uniq)
   end
 
   def self.winner_investment_authors
-    author_ids = current_budget_investments.winners.pluck(:author_id).uniq
-    author_ids(author_ids)
+    author_ids(current_budget_investments.winners.pluck(:author_id).uniq)
   end
 
   private