the count is now incremented/decremented correctly on the view followers/friends pages

app/assets/javascripts/user.coffee

@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 $(document).on "click", "button[name=user-action]", ->
   btn = $(this)
   btn.button "loading"
+  type = btn[0].dataset.type
   target = btn[0].dataset.target
   action = btn[0].dataset.action
-  count = Number $("h4.entry-text#follower-count").html()
+  if type in ['follower', 'friend']
+    count = Number $("h4.entry-text##{type}-count").html()
 
   target_url = switch action
     when 'follow'
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ $(document).on "click", "button[name=user-action]", ->
     success: (data, status, jqxhr) ->
       success = data.success
       if data.success
-        $("h4.entry-text#follower-count").html(count)
+        if type in ['follower', 'friend']
+          $("h4.entry-text##{type}-count").html(count)
       showNotification data.message, data.success
     error: (jqxhr, status, error) ->
       console.log jqxhr, status, error

app/controllers/user_controller.rb

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ class UserController < ApplicationController
     @title = 'Followers'
     @user = User.find_by_screen_name!(params[:username])
     @users = @user.followers.reverse_order.paginate(page: params[:page])
+    @type = :friend
     render 'show_follow'
   end
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ class UserController < ApplicationController
     @title = 'Following'
     @user = User.find_by_screen_name!(params[:username])
     @users = @user.friends.reverse_order.paginate(page: params[:page])
+    @type = :friend
     render 'show_follow'
   end
 end

app/views/shared/_userbox.html.haml

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 / TODO: pixeldesu pls
+- type ||= @type || :nil
 .panel.panel-default
   .panel-body
     .media
@@ -21,4 +22,4 @@
       .col-md-6.col-sm-6.col-xs-6
         %h4.entry-text#answered-count= user.answered_count
         %h6.entry-subtext Answers
-    = render 'user/actions', user: user
+    = render 'user/actions', user: user, type: type

app/views/user/_actions.html.haml

@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 - if user_signed_in?
+  - type ||= :nil
   - if user == current_user
     %a.btn.btn-default.btn-block{href: edit_user_profile_path} Edit profile
   - else
     - if current_user.following? user
-      %button#editprofile.btn.btn-default.btn-block{type: :button, name: 'user-action', data: { action: :unfollow, target: user.screen_name }}
+      %button#editprofile.btn.btn-default.btn-block{type: :button, name: 'user-action', data: { action: :unfollow, type: type, target: user.screen_name }}
         Unfollow
     - else
-      %button#editprofile.btn.btn-primary.btn-block{type: :button, name: 'user-action', data: { action: :follow, target: user.screen_name }}
+      %button#editprofile.btn.btn-primary.btn-block{type: :button, name: 'user-action', data: { action: :follow, type: type, target: user.screen_name }}
         Follow

app/views/user/_profile_info.html.haml

@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
       .col-md-6.col-sm-6.col-xs-6
         %h4.entry-text#answered-count= @user.answered_count
         %h6.entry-subtext Answers
-    = render 'user/actions', user: @user
+    = render 'user/actions', user: @user, type: :follower