When you create something of value, whether it is an app, a site, a community, a tool, a series, or something novel, and you sell it, it is no longer yours.
That does not mean you lose all your hopes and dreams for that thing to grow, flourish, and continue to be something of value for others, even if you have received compensation, even windfall compensation for it.
We could practice being just a little bit nicer to founders and plank owners.
You all have good points. It's important to separate the right to a decision from the right to an opinion. Obviously the founder no longer has any right to influence the decision here. But I don't think there's any reason to assume he no longer has a right to a personal opinion about it.
I think it's crazy to suggest that someone can't simultaneously 1) no longer want to run something themselves but also 2) not want to see that thing destroyed entirely.
That does not mean you lose all your hopes and dreams for that thing to grow, flourish, and continue to be something of value for others, even if you have received compensation, even windfall compensation for it.
We could practice being just a little bit nicer to founders and plank owners.