Visual Space offers two kinds of recognition. Awards are flexible, spendable reactions for everyday contributions. Medals are rare, lasting honors given on behalf of a space.
Awards For Everyday Appreciation
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When to use Awards - Give Awards to celebrate helpful work or strengthen everyday feedback, as explained in the Rewards guide.
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Who can give them - Space owners and members with Add awards permission can give Awards in areas they can access.
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Where Awards work - Users can award posts, articles, goals, and events. Awards also support public chat messages, meeting participants, and whiteboards.
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Choose your signal - Users select an illustrated Award, choose a quantity within their balance, and confirm before sending.
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Visible appreciation - Award counts show each style received, and users can open them to see who contributed.
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Live moments - Awards appear quickly in public chat and active meetings, while whiteboard Awards become visible cards on the board.
Your Spendable Award Balance
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Starter balance - New users receive 10 permanent Awards to begin recognizing other people and their work.
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More Awards - Contributor includes 10 subscription Awards and Coordinator includes 25, refreshed with each subscription cycle.
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Award packs - One-time packs now range from 5 to 100 Awards, with six sizes available.
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Direct top-ups - Buy more in My Awards and Get more awards in the picker open the Awards section of Abos And Boosts.
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Recognition, not credit - Receiving an Award shows appreciation without adding to the recipient's spendable balance.
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My Awards - Account Settings shows the available balance plus Received and Gifted histories, with links back to content when it remains available.
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Lasting recognition - Sent Awards stay with their content even if the giver's subscription later ends.
Medals For Lasting Recognition
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When to use Medals - Give a Medal for meaningful, lasting contribution that deserves a certificate-style endorsement rather than an everyday reaction.
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Rare by design - Medals cannot be purchased and never use a member's personal Award balance.
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Who can give them - Space owners and members with Give medals permission can grant Medals on behalf of an eligible joined space.
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Shared allowance - Each eligible space can grant five Medals per UTC month, shared by everyone authorized to give them.
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Recognition categories - Givers can choose from 21 illustrated Medals covering technical, creative, scientific, educational, social, and business contributions.
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Personal certificates - Before giving a Medal, the giver previews its certificate and adds a required personal message of up to 280 characters.
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Profile showcase - Member profiles show Medals earned from the current space, with certificates users can open to read the recognition message.
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Medal history - My medals keeps separate Received and Gifted histories with the people, space, date, category, and recognition message.
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Available Medals - My medals combines the remaining shared allowances of joined spaces where the user can grant Medals.
Spaces Qualify Through Participation
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Established communities - A space must be at least 90 days old before it can issue Medals.
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Sustained participation - At least 25 current members must qualify as active in each of the two preceding completed 30-day periods.
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Meaningful activity - Each qualifying member needs activity on three different days spanning at least seven days, including a contribution within that period.
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Visible progress - The Medal picker shows the space's age, both active-member counts, and the last date counted against the requirements.
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Clear availability - Users can inspect an ineligible space's progress, but Medal selection and certificate preview remain unavailable until it qualifies and has allowance remaining.
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Lasting history - Losing eligibility blocks new Medals without removing recognition already given.
Current Limits
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Public conversations only - Awards are available in public space chat, but not in direct messages.
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Account history scope - Received Award history covers supported content and public chat, but not Awards received in meetings or on whiteboards.
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No undo - Sent Awards cannot currently be taken back from the user interface.