First point is actually correct. I have seen my friends accounts getting banned for posting irrelevant posts and over postings. For a newbie, there should be only 1 post a day. and the content should include from 50-100 words. Otherwise, there's a possibility of your account getting banned from signature campaign and from bitcointalk as well.
There is no limit or requirement on the number of posts or the number of words in them in the forum rules. People get banned for posting irrelevant uninteresting posts just to increase their post count.
Signature campaigns are different and all have their own individual rules.
Rule number one in the
Unofficial list of (official) Bitcointalk.org rules, guidelines, FAQ1. No zero or low value, pointless or uninteresting posts or threads.
If you are making a valuable contribution to a discussion then you can post as much as you like.