r/firelookouts • u/Such_Morning4459 • 15d ago

"social media lookouts" and government ethics

tiktok lookouts making money using their federal jobs as content, am I insane or is that extremely not allowed/borderline illegal?

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u/abitmessy 15d ago

Are you sure they’re monetizing their platform, not just sharing their experience?

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u/Such_Morning4459 15d ago

Yes i know for a fact several are and no im not accusing all of them of doing it. I'm mostly confused on how they're able to do it so openly, the ones with millions of views. Surely the overhead on their forest must know. 

I know most fed jobs aren't as tiktok worthy, but I'm trying to rack my brain trying to think of any other fed that would be so bold to monetize their job on the internet, I guess there's a few park rangers, but that's about it.

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u/Sensitive_Implement 13d ago

Yes i know for a fact several are and no im not accusing all of them of doing it. I'm mostly confused on how they're able to do it so openly, the ones with millions of views. Surely the overhead on their forest must know.

Ah, but will they be doing it next year? That is the question. Its hard to replace a lookout mid-season