These days, many big V say:

"Engaging in evil practices is meaningless; focus on content quality."

Nonsense.

When a bunch of content about teaching account creation and how to increase followers became popular before,

They were more anxious than anyone.
It's not a matter of ideology, but a sense of crisis.
Don't be led by KOLs.
In the account creation stage, you must engage in evil practices to gain traffic.

Why must it be "evil practices"?

Gaining traffic itself is a fight for survival.

Without evil practices, why compete with old accounts, institutional accounts, and resource accounts for exposure?

99% of people simply can't build a personal IP.

If you're not even eating enough, don't talk about long-term image or value system purity.

When you're nothing, no one cares about your image.
Once you have traffic and followers,

Someone will naturally help you wash, package, and "get onshore."

To put it simply:
Survive first, then talk about dignity.

Many of those who advise you "not to engage in evil practices" are just early entrants,
not because they have strong abilities.

They're not afraid of your poor content,
but of you catching up with them using more aggressive methods.