Social Media:I don't understand Reddit

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I recently finished an article, which I wanted to share on social media to get more views. I shared on Facebook as that's my main social media. I shared on Twitter (I am still not entirely sure how that works or the point of it, but I do know what I can post and how to do it). I have also shared on LinkedIn. I don't really use that myself as I don't feel it's something really relevant to me but, again, I know how to use it. I started using Reddit a few years ago because I thought I might get more views on things if I shared there. I set up something, thought that I'd got a lot of extra views from there so shared again. It didn't seem to make a lot of difference to my views. Some of my Reddit posts were declined/removed for reasons I didn't understand despite my attempts to follow the rules. I removed myself from Reddit but then gave it another go. Until recently, I'd forgotten about it. I thought I'd share my recent article there. I then remembered why I stopped using the site. There are so many different threads and channels (some with the same names) with different rules for each one. It's hard to work out where to put things, it's difficult to navigate, and it looked like my post was declined for not following rules (no indication as to what those rules were or how I'd not followed them). I really don't understand why Reddit seems so popular. I have been told that Facebook is for old people now. It was my youngest son who told me that, although he does use it himself. He prefers Discord but, although I am on it, I'm apparently way too old to be learning all of that as well I think I'll stick with what I know! Do you have a preferred social media platform? Or one you really don't get on with? If you share your work, where do you prefer to do that and which place(s) have you found lead to better engagement (assuming that's the purpose of sharing)?