Editing Chris Hadfield (section)

== Social media ==
Hadfield has a social media presence, with over 2,400,000 Twitter followers {{as of|2019|August|lc=y}}.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Hadfield Verified account:@Cmdr_Hadfield |url=https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield |publisher=twitter.com |access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref> He created one of the top [[R/IAmA|Reddit ask me anything]] (AMA) threads of all time on February 17, 2013.<ref name="reddit-ama">{{cite magazine |last=Kantrowitz |first=Alex |title=Five Highlights From Commander Chris Hadfield's Reddit AMA From Space |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkantrowitz/2013/02/18/five-highlights-from-commander-chris-hadfields-reddit-ama-from-space/ |magazine=[[Forbes]] |date=February 18, 2013}}</ref> He also maintains accounts on Facebook,<ref name="facebook">{{cite web|title=Col. Chris Hadfield (@AstronautChrisHadfield)|url=https://www.facebook.com/AstronautChrisHadfield/|website=Facebook|access-date=March 12, 2018}}</ref> Tumblr,<ref>{{cite web |title=Col. Chris Hadfield |url=http://colchrishadfield.tumblr.com |publisher=Tumblr.com}}</ref> and YouTube.<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|title=Rare Earth|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/ColChrisHadfield|website=YouTube|access-date=March 12, 2018}}</ref> His exchanges with [[William Shatner]] and other ''[[Star Trek]]'' actors have received media coverage.<ref>{{cite web |title='Star Trek' Actors Beams Hellos to Astronaut in Space |url=http://www.space.com/19673-star-trek-chris-hadfield-william-shatner-photos.html |publisher=Space.com |date=February 7, 2013}}</ref> Hadfield has been described by Forbes as "perhaps the most social media savvy astronaut ever to leave Earth".<ref name="reddit-ama" />

Hadfield enlisted the help of his son Evan to manage his social media presence. They work in tandem to share information over the internet about aspects of life as an astronaut, both the scientific and the mundane.<ref>{{cite news |last=Woods |first=Allan |title=Chris Hadfield: the superstar astronaut taking social media by storm |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2013/feb/22/chris-hadfield-canada-superstar-astronaut |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 22, 2013 |location=London}}</ref><ref name="Hadfield 7">''An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth'' (Hadfield), pp. 223–226, 229–231.</ref>