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Yes, it's a quest for status. I deliberately set out to be on the "top contributors" list and was thrilled when I made it. I spent days researching, drafting and rewriting my best posts. When I noticed how many upvotes Yvain gathers with his long thoughtful comments, I consciously tried to imitate that style. Not sure if such motivation is typical for this community, but I believe some other top users (e.g. Alicorn) share it.
I am motivated by karma, yes; I've mentioned this a few places. (And with the new weighting it looks like I am in third place if only the dratted list would update.)
You're actually using an excellent karma-whore strategy - posting links to good, unfamiliar stuff. Links may not get promoted but they still get karma, and they're easy to write. You just need something good enough to link to.