Profiles | Visual Space

Use this guide to understand the Medal recognition on another member's profile, inspect a saved certificate, and give a Medal when their contribution deserves a lasting record. **Awards and Medals mark different moments.** Awards are quick item-level appreciation. Medals are rare lasting recognition of a person, backed by an issuing space and preserved in a certificate. For the wider recognition model, read [Profile Recognition](../profile-recognition.md).

Use this guide to review the people you blocked from Direct Messages and remove a block when you are ready. The list belongs to your signed-in account and is separate from notification preferences.

Use this guide when you know your current account email and want to replace your Visual Space password. You will request a secure link from Account Settings, complete the change from that email, and confirm it at a future sign-in.

Use this guide to turn a basic profile into a clear public introduction, then check the result as another visitor would see it. You will update the visible text, avatar, banner, and skills on your own profile page.

A public profile is your durable introduction in Visual Space. It gives visitors one place to understand who you are, what you work on, and which of your posts you have published. When you open your own profile while signed in, the same page becomes a lightweight editing surface.

Profiles is your personal home in Visual Space. It connects the identity and published work that other people can see with the settings, saved content, and recognition that help you manage your own experience.

Medals let a space recognize a member whose contribution deserves to remain part of their story. They appear with the member’s profile, carry the context of the space that issued them, and open as certificates that explain what was recognized. **Medals are rare lasting recognition.** They are not purchased, collected as a spendable balance, or used as ordinary reactions. A space grants them thoughtfully when a contribution, skill, or positive impact deserves a durable acknowledgement.

Profiles brings your public identity, published work, saved content, recognition, and private account controls into one connected personal home. Use this guide to understand what other people can see, shape your profile, return to useful work, or manage your account safely.

Account Settings is the private navigation home for choices tied to your signed-in account. It brings preferences, safety, security, recognition history, and paid access into one place, even when those subjects have their own dedicated pages elsewhere in Visual Space. **It is not the profile editor.** Change your display name, job title, tagline, biography, skills, avatar, and banner on your own profile page. [Public Profiles](public-profiles.md) explains what other people can see and how owners