Imagine:

You have a growing successful website and you wonder what to do with it, would your answer be: I should sell it on flippa?

I think this is a poor advice, especially in an entrepreneur community.

Matt, co-founder of Flippa here.

Given the huge size of fandalism, Phil would probably be better of hiring an investment banker or business broker to sell the it (not that it's his goal here)... Flippa's specialty is under $250K, once you start approaching 7-figures, the transaction gets more complex, the buyers get bigger, and it makes sense to have a professional involved.

It may be poor advice but it is an option nevertheless. pud asked for what to do next and selling the site is a potential road to take. I'm disappointed that some people have down voted this to death. I am following the rules of the site. I feel bullied after expressing an opinion.

I think you're right, but I guess some people thought your comment didn't add to the discussion.

It did answer the original question. I wouldn't have downvoted it, but I wouldn't have upvoted it either.

That said, I do believe it's not the best suggestion (especially since pud seems engaged and interested in growing the site).

You are right. You were not off-topic and the fact it is poor advice is only a judgement, not the absolute truth.

Maybe I have misused downvoting here. Can't downvoting be used to express disagreement instead of just reporting a misbehaviour?

I believe downvoting is only available to users with high karma. This makes me believe that downvoting is meant to fight misbehavior. Unfortunately there is no way to report misbehavior of downvoting. If you already have high karma you have a conflict of interest in reporting downvoting misbehavior.

Actually, it seems that downvoting for disagreement is a ok behaviour:

pg: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=117171

I will stop using downvotes for disagreement then.

(Actually I think it is the first time I use this downvote feature on HN so the damage is fairly limited so far).

I believe a taboo has slowly been growing among the entrepreneur community regarding selling startup businesses. I think it started with Mark Z. turning down offers from major tech players and it has continued with Dropbox turning down an acquisition from Apple.

I am not taking sides on whether entrepreneurs should sell their companies. But I think there is a problem when bringing up the subject is frowned upon on. I am unsure whether this is a problem with Hacker News' moderation system or it really is a taboo.