[fenomas]

> You didn't have any interest in contributing until you had a startup you needed to promote.

That's one explanation of the facts but it's not the only one. Any new user is likely to start out by contributing on topics close to them - places they've worked, technologies they've worked with, etc.

If employees aren't allowed to make articles on their employers then that's that. But treating a new account differently than an old one is just assuming bad faith.