All what you mentioned are very good suggestions, they can really help you rank up in this forum very fast.
However, consistency is required, you need to be consistent and be active in the forum.
Furthermore, short replies can be very helpful and needful and can be more important than some garbage spam from some spammers; therefore, just know what to write and compose it well.
New forum members don't join this forum to rank up fast or as fastest as possible.
They need to learn, learn as fastest as possible.
They have to contribute to forum community, when they have enough knowledge and experience, their helpfulness in the forum increases naturally and their contribution rises naturally too.
Ranking up comes naturally if they can do those first and most important things: learn and contribute.