> Whatever your personal take, it just seems like an all downside and no upside for conferences to continue doing this. I prefer to be addressed as 'Mr. Lastna

> Whatever your personal take, it just seems like an all downside and no upside for conferences to continue doing this. I prefer to be addressed as 'Mr. Lastname,' not as 'Yo, Firstname!'; a mechanism for me to indicate that preference makes sense. > Of course, some get downright silly. I don't see how 'His Grace' is any sillier than 'xir.' At the very least, it has many, many years of tradition behind it.