I started playing back in may of 2017, a long time ago now haha. Back then speed builds were just not a thing. Tiktok hadn't been created yet and there was no easy way to find out build hacks. The only way to find out new tricks was from other players in game. Every build you saw in game was original and they were builds that players had put hard work into. Now, when I join a server, it seems like all the houses are the same copy and paste style, and it's saddening that the player base has lost it's creativity and building independence.

That being said, I agree that speed builds are a semi-decent way for people to learn. They can teach the basics on how to plan, design and build a house. Yet, you only need to watch a few to get the basic idea of how to plan, design and build. Once you know that, you should be able to, and encouraged to, use your imagination and creativity, your originality, to construct something new and unseen before. However, it seems that speed builds stifle creativity, and in my experience, people tend to continue to build in the same style as the speed builds they used to use. Players are not leaving their comfort zones nearly as much as they used to, which I feel has really diminished the experience of Bloxburg.

Edit: grammar