User blog comment:Jkl9817/Jkl's satiric blog post number 7: Second First Impressions/@comment-1874924-20120401002917

WHY IS LTDI STILL CONSIDERED A NEW STORY?

That's actually a fair question, and here's the answer: It's based on progress, not on time. The usual "graduation date" from the Recently Started section is when Chapter 5 is posted.