I suspect in my case that the purchaser has three motives:
1) The acquisition of a stable and profitable media business, with continued growth in an area that they are not present.
2) The acquisition of modifications and code that enabled my forum to grow as it has, and would give the potential for their existing forums to grow similarly.
3) As #1 and #2 aren't worth the kind of offer in consideration, that they wish to acquire me.
I'd love to see the article updated with reference to the third point... the acqui-hire.
The offer being discussed is attractive, but I'm very wary of the acqui-hire as what matters to me most isn't this particular website but the technology piece I'm building separately. That's the real startup, and that's why I care deeply about.
From my point of view, the offer I have is being reduced to: If I accept it, it may prove to be a distraction of such size that I end up killing the project I care about the most, my technology startup (rather than the forum which is more lifestyle business).
Anyhow... Jacques, if you were considering an update or 2nd article, considering whether to sell in the face of what appears to be an acqui-hire offer would be something I would love to see.