diff --git a/src/components/PostCard.tsx b/src/components/PostCard.tsx
index 662e3e3..9bf8281 100644
--- a/src/components/PostCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PostCard.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const PostCard: React.FC<PostCardProps> = ({ post, commentCount = 0 }) => {
             }`}
             onClick={e => handleVote(e, true)}
             disabled={!canVote || isVoting}
-            title={canVote ? 'Upvote' : 'Connect wallet and verify to vote'}
+            title={canVote ? 'Upvote' : 'Connect wallet to vote'}
           >
             <ArrowUp className="w-5 h-5" />
           </button>
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const PostCard: React.FC<PostCardProps> = ({ post, commentCount = 0 }) => {
             }`}
             onClick={e => handleVote(e, false)}
             disabled={!canVote || isVoting}
-            title={canVote ? 'Downvote' : 'Connect wallet and verify to vote'}
+            title={canVote ? 'Downvote' : 'Connect wallet to vote'}
           >
             <ArrowDown className="w-5 h-5" />
           </button>
diff --git a/src/components/PostDetail.tsx b/src/components/PostDetail.tsx
index 944f8e5..7973815 100644
--- a/src/components/PostDetail.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PostDetail.tsx
@@ -175,9 +175,7 @@ const PostDetail = () => {
                 }`}
                 onClick={() => handleVotePost(true)}
                 disabled={!canVote || isVoting}
-                title={
-                  canVote ? 'Upvote post' : 'Connect wallet and verify to vote'
-                }
+                title={canVote ? 'Upvote post' : 'Connect wallet to vote'}
               >
                 <ArrowUp className="w-4 h-4" />
               </button>
@@ -188,11 +186,7 @@ const PostDetail = () => {
                 }`}
                 onClick={() => handleVotePost(false)}
                 disabled={!canVote || isVoting}
-                title={
-                  canVote
-                    ? 'Downvote post'
-                    : 'Connect wallet and verify to vote'
-                }
+                title={canVote ? 'Downvote post' : 'Connect wallet to vote'}
               >
                 <ArrowDown className="w-4 h-4" />
               </button>
diff --git a/src/components/PostList.tsx b/src/components/PostList.tsx
index 1811db6..fa0d44a 100644
--- a/src/components/PostList.tsx
+++ b/src/components/PostList.tsx
@@ -249,18 +249,18 @@ const PostList = () => {
       )}
 
       {!canPost &&
-        verificationStatus === EVerificationStatus.WALLET_CONNECTED && (
+        verificationStatus === EVerificationStatus.WALLET_UNCONNECTED && (
           <div className="section-spacing content-card-sm">
             <div className="flex items-center gap-2 mb-2">
               <Eye className="w-4 h-4 text-cyber-neutral" />
               <h3 className="font-medium">Read-Only Mode</h3>
             </div>
             <p className="text-sm text-cyber-neutral mb-2">
-              Your wallet does not contain any Ordinal Operators. You can browse
-              threads but cannot post or interact.
+              You are not connected. You can browse threads but cannot post or
+              interact.
             </p>
             <Badge variant="outline" className="text-xs">
-              No Ordinals Found
+              Wallet Not Connected
             </Badge>
           </div>
         )}
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ const PostList = () => {
             <p className="empty-state-description">
               {canPost
                 ? 'Be the first to post in this cell!'
-                : 'Connect your wallet and verify Ordinal ownership to start a thread.'}
+                : 'Connect your wallet to start a thread.'}
             </p>
           </div>
         ) : (
@@ -296,9 +296,7 @@ const PostList = () => {
                     className={`p-1 rounded-sm hover:bg-cyber-muted/50 ${getPostVoteType(post.id) === 'upvote' ? 'text-cyber-accent' : ''}`}
                     onClick={() => handleVotePost(post.id, true)}
                     disabled={!canVote || isVoting}
-                    title={
-                      canVote ? 'Upvote' : 'Connect wallet and verify to vote'
-                    }
+                    title={canVote ? 'Upvote' : 'Connect wallet to vote'}
                   >
                     <ArrowUp className="w-4 h-4" />
                   </button>
@@ -309,9 +307,7 @@ const PostList = () => {
                     className={`p-1 rounded-sm hover:bg-cyber-muted/50 ${getPostVoteType(post.id) === 'downvote' ? 'text-cyber-accent' : ''}`}
                     onClick={() => handleVotePost(post.id, false)}
                     disabled={!canVote || isVoting}
-                    title={
-                      canVote ? 'Downvote' : 'Connect wallet and verify to vote'
-                    }
+                    title={canVote ? 'Downvote' : 'Connect wallet to vote'}
                   >
                     <ArrowDown className="w-4 h-4" />
                   </button>
diff --git a/src/hooks/actions/useForumActions.ts b/src/hooks/actions/useForumActions.ts
index 96402a0..16bae47 100644
--- a/src/hooks/actions/useForumActions.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/actions/useForumActions.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export function useForumActions(): ForumActions {
       if (!permissions.canPost) {
         toast({
           title: 'Permission Denied',
-          description: 'You need to verify Ordinal ownership to create posts.',
+          description: permissions.postReason,
           variant: 'destructive',
         });
         return null;