Nofollow really works?

bartosimpsonio said:

It does work.

I tested this years ago a while after nofollow was introduced. Brand new domain.

I hand made about 20 blog comments in government sites. All real comments, about the content, not spam.

A couple weeks later it was ranking for the name I used in the comment fields.

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Posted case study with an identical conclusion on the Jr. VIP forum ~9 months ago

First of all I clarify I'm not a SEO master, and actually I'm in SEO problems, but I'll tell you what I have read.
Nofollow links are very important, according to what I have read, because Nofollow links are considered by Google as a paid link, legitimate paid links, meaning you are a brand investing money in marketing, and in a white hat way. Now let me refer you to some articles about it:

https://moz.com/blog/seo-value-nofollow-links

https://moz.com/blog/the-hidden-power-of-nofollow-links

https://neilpatel.com/blog/nofollow-link-answers/

I hope I helped you, but again, I'm actually a loser, so I'm just telling you what I learn online.