Did they take away Medal quests?

Specifically, the medals you could "fake-complete" before to get the quest count, like Celebrity and Veteran Hunter, show up on there.

does this include pink bean slayer as well? cus i know pb slayer medal shows up on a few of my friends if you click them to check their collection, and we certainly haven't beaten pb

Most likely. I haven't taken the quest myself, but due to the fact that it was in the first set of medals I bet it works like all the others.

Here ya go, Meta. Your dropped medal will remain as a counted quest and medal (unless you restart the quest).

Well, since I only took it for a quest count (which is no longer there) and I can get it back if I want to I can now drop it and get my Master blahblah medal.