How do you get medals?

People liking your contributions.

The system isn't entirely clear - the F4 want to keep some mystery in it, probably to stop people from cheating in medal-gaining. However, we know it's mainly from being active in clubs and adding good contributions to them. The more people fan your images, links, articles and videos, the more likely you are to get a medal there. Answering polls and questions and commenting on things also helps. It is a bit random though. And I think there have been some glitches/weird occurrences of getting medals in clubs people haven't been that active in.