Walls: Starter Story stopped sending social media traffic to YouTube
Pat Walls · #2294 He Claude Code: Build Me a YouTube Replacement · Jan 23, 2026 · at 49:46
Pat Walls, founder of Starter Story, describes his new distribution workflow to Andrew Warner after launching a custom video hosting site.
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“We don't send people to the YouTube anymore. We send people to here, which I like more, because I'd rather have them on my site, you know, that could potentially be useful for retargeting.”
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