Want some stupid rookie questions? Here you go.

I am brand new. Don't know why I went to Medium first. I've submitted 3 articles. I've received no indication about "distribution", whatever that means. I don't know the difference between curated or not. I look every day but I don't even know whether my articles have been published, although a few members complimented the first. Nor do I f nd anything from Medium explaining their system. So many questions. But for now . . .

1 How do you know whether you've been distributed and what does that mean?

2 If you got done with Medium, where would you go?