Voice & Tone
Our voice
Orange Rabbit Passport speaks with a warm, curious, and welcoming voice. We’re friendly and modern — never sterile or corporate. Our tone is playful but purposeful, using simple language and short sentences to guide people clearly.
We highlight people, places, and moments — not just features — making events feel like gateways to connection and belonging.
Five tone principles
| Be | Not |
|---|---|
| Friendly | Childish |
| Playful | Gimmicky |
| Premium | Exclusive |
| Confident | Pushy |
| Human | Overly technical |
Worked examples
Inviting someone to an event
✅ On-brand
“Web3 Wednesday’s back at Sierra Gold tonight. Doors at 6. Bring a friend — or come alone and leave with three.”
❌ Off-brand (too corporate)
“Join us for the next iteration of our recurring Web3 Wednesday networking event at the Sierra Gold venue, commencing at 18:00 hrs.”
❌ Off-brand (too gimmicky)
”🎉🐰💥 OMG you GUYS, Web3 Wednesday is ABOUT to be LIT 🔥 don’t miss it babes 🚀🚀🚀“
Explaining the Passport tier
✅ On-brand
“The Passport is the inner circle. You get the drops before they go public, the voice memos before they hit Twitter, and a seat at events most people don’t know exist.”
❌ Off-brand
“Subscribers receive premium tiered access to exclusive content, priority event registration, and members-only communications via our proprietary platform.”
Announcing a sponsor
✅ On-brand
“Coindesk is backing this Friday’s session. They’ve been showing up for us since 2022 — and they’re back because the conversation here doesn’t happen anywhere else.”
❌ Off-brand
“We are proud to announce that Coindesk has agreed to be the official sponsor of our upcoming Friday programming.”
Words & phrases
Use generously
- The network (singular, intentional — the Orange Rabbit network, not a “platform” or “community”)
- The Portal (capital P — the members’ app)
- The Passport (capital P — the loyalty + identity primitive)
- Spot the rabbit · Scan · Earn · Belong
- Real-world, IRL, in-person
- Builders, operators (not “users”)
- Show up, make space, bring a friend
Use sparingly
- “Community” (overused everywhere — say “network” or “members” when you can)
- “Platform” (sounds tech-corporate — use “Portal” or “app”)
- “Ecosystem” (a thought-leadership word; we are not the OECD)
Don’t use
- “Disruption”, “synergy”, “leverage”, “transform” — corporate filler
- “Unprecedented”, “world-class”, “best-in-class” — empty premium
- “Web3 enthusiasts”, “crypto natives” — patronizing labels
- Excessive emojis (one rabbit per post max, used sparingly)
- “Click here” — describe the destination
Formal moments vs casual moments
| Surface | Tone calibration |
|---|---|
| Sponsor pitch deck | Premium first, warm second. Show numbers. Quote attendees. |
| Website headlines | Lore-forward, eyebrow + 4–7 word display + 1-line subhead. |
| Newsletter | Conversational. Lead with the human, not the feature. |
| Event announcement | Direct. Day, time, place, why-care, one CTA. |
| Push notification | Five words max. Specific. Warm. (“Sierra Gold. 20 min. See you?”) |
| Press release | Mike’s voice. “We’ve been doing this since 2018” energy. |
| Social posts | One idea. One image. One CTA. No threads-of-12. |
The one-liner test
Before you ship copy, read it aloud. Ask: would Mike actually say this at the end of a meetup? If the answer is “he’d cringe,” rewrite it.