Additional Quest Guide

I've compiled a handy list of all the new quests available on thesixtyone from the 5/13/09 update.

Main Quests

1. The Follower> - Subscribe to three or more listeners whose musical tastes you like. Discover other listeners by visiting the suggested users page. (10 reputation, 2 hearts)
2. Tag, You're it!  - Tag five songs -- songs can be tagged after they've been saved. You can access your tagged songs by visiting your profile. (10 reputation, 1 heart)
   
3. Super Saver - Click the 'save' link for five songs you'd like to play later in your library. You can view your saved songs by visiting your profile. (5 reputation, 1 heart)
   
4. Unlock Browse - Play 50 songs to unlock the browse menu. (10 reputation, 2 hearts)
   
5. A Reputable Listener - Earn at least 10 reputation points from hearting music. You can track your progress by visiting your stats page. (5 reputation, 1 heart)
   
6. If I Only Had A Heart - Listen to a song for a minute, and, if you like it, click the heart button. (5 reputation, 1 heart)
7. It's Just For You - Heart three or more songs in your just for you stream. (10 reputation, 1 heart)
8. In The Mood - Listen to five different moods on the home page. (At least five minutes for each mood.) (10 reputation, 3 hearts)
   
9. Featurerama - Feature three songs on your profile. (5 reputation, 5 hearts)
10. No Longer Sojourners - Join a group which matches your musical tastes or create one yourself. (10 reputation, 1 heart)
    
11. Community Playlist - Listen to the five songs in the front page of your group in one sitting. (15 reputation, 2 hearts)
12. The Evangelist - Invite five or more friends to join in the musical adventure. (50 reputation, 5 hearts)
13. Pour Your Hearts Out - Max out your hearts on five or more of your favorite songs. (Level 5 required) (15 reputation, 3 hearts)
14. Make Your Voice Heard - Leave comments on five or more songs that you have max hearted explaining why you like the songs. (20 reputation, 2 hearts)
15. Creative Commons  - Listen to seven or more songs with the creative commons license. (15 reputation, 3 hearts)
16. This Just In - Listen to seven songs on the first pages of the recently posted section of the home page. (10 reputation, 2 hearts)
17. >Dead Or Alive - Listen to five songs that have been revived or are eligible for reviving. (10 reputation, 2 hearts)
18. Radio Surfing - Listen to the personal radios of five listeners for at least five minutes each. (10 reputation, 2 hearts)
19. Refined Taste - Maintain a play count to songs hearted ratio of at least 20:1 today over a minimum of 100 plays and five hearts. (30 reputation, 3 hearts)
20. The Auctioneer - Put in a bid to revive a song by visiting the revive bids page (only recent bids are counted). (30 reputation, 3 hearts)

Daily Quests

1. The Early Bird - Listen to a song that's less than an hour old. (15 reputation, 2 hearts)
   
2. Earworm - Listen to your favorite song at least 5 times in a row. (5 reputation, 2 hearts
3. No Song Left Behind - Listen to seven songs with less than fifty hearts that are more than a day old. (15 reputation, 3 hearts)
4. This Just In - Listen to seven songs on the first pages of the recently posted section of the home page. (10 reputation, 2 hearts)
5. >Caution - Very Hot - Listen to seven songs on the first pages of the hot tab of the home page. (5 reputation, 2 hearts)
6. Look To The Genius - Listen to song recommendations provided by genius for five songs for at least five minutes each. (15 reputation, 2 hearts)
7. Try The Rack - Listen to music on The Rack (under the browse menu) until you earn 5 reputation. (5 reputation, 2 hearts)
8. Audio Explorer - Listen to seven songs in under-explored genres (15 reputation, 2 hearts)

Recent Changes to Thesixtyone

On May 11, the ability to save songs on thesixtyone without "hearting" them was briefly removed. Also, every song a user hearted was automatically saved. When users complained, it was fixed, with an update on James's blog explaining that the change wasn't quite "fully baked" yet. Fair enough. He posted an adorable picture of a hedgehog, so I’ll forgive him.

Also introduced this week are quests, similar to accomplishments. They offer hearts and reputation points for doing a certain activity, like listening to a certain number of songs, trying part of the site, etc. When quests are completed, they disappear, replaced by new ones.

List of Routine Quests I've found so far:

If I Only Had a Heart - heart a song
A Reputable Listener - earn 10 reputation points
Unlock Browse - play 50 songs
Super Saver - save 5 songs
Tag, You're It! - tag 5 songs into playlists
The Follower - subscribe to 3 listeners

Once you finish those, the following pop up:

Look to the Genius
Try The Rack
Just For You

There’s also a Daily Quest for today:

Early Bird - heart a song that's less than 1 hour old

The guides for the quests are sometimes confusing, and could be a lot clearer. For example, what does "Listen to song recommendations provided by genius for five songs for up to five minutes each" mean? (I just clicked on some genius playlists and hoped for the best.) Also, when I logged out, all my progress on the unfinished "Look to the Genius" quest was erased, but I’m not sure if this is the case for all quests. The feature will probably be smoothed out and tweaked in the next few days.

Another change I've noticed: if users have added a song to their favorites, they can "edit tags" on it from anywhere in the site (on an artist’s profile, for instance) and therefore change what playlist(s) they want the song to be in.

All in all, thesixtyone's been through some hefty changes these past few days. Thoughts?