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3 Reasons Why I think Rayt Can Win: 1 - Garrett Camp (founder Of StumbleUpon) & Joshua Schachter (founder of Delicious) are two of the judges. Rayt shares a lot of the ideas and approaches behind these sites -- and wraps them around social activism & change. They'll get it. 2 - None of the ideas that are publicly being brainstormed for the contest harness Firefox's potential for social change. See - http://blog.mozilla.com/extendfirefox/2007/11/02/add-on-brainstorm-winners/ and http://wiki.mozilla.org/ExtendFirefox23 - 30% of the Contest Criteria relates to User-Experience and another 30% relates to Innovation. Rayt is all about improving our experience as we browse the web by alerting us to social issues. Rayt innovates by enabling anyone to rate comments and start a campaign to create a community alert. (see slideshow)Email me if you're interested in contributing to the Rayt project and winning this (Leer más)

DemoCampVancouver03 - RaytTheNet on Video.caFor More Info - Contact:Joe SolomonJoSolomon@Gmail.com604 736 8512

Rayt allows you leave comments on every web page, right? What if you could leave comments on people? Well, you can in SecondLife! Through a service called RatePoint, you can rate and leave comments about anyone in the virtual world (aka "metaverse") known as SecondLife. From their site: "Did someone help you through Orientation Island or help you build some awesome furniture for your house? Did you sit in a chair for an hour and get scammed out of some hard earned Linden? Pay rent to a slumlord? Share your ratings with the rest of the Second Life community and make the metaverse a better place." RatePoint's imagery of 1-5 stars hovering above characters as different people come into contact with them is exactly the kind of imagery that I want to capture with Rayt. Except, you know, our stars (Leer más)

You can now install Rayt on your Internet browser and view and contribute comments on any website on the Internet! Rayt is in Alpha (which means it probably has quirks) but you're getting a sneak peak, so that's pretty cool! How to Install Rayt on Your Browser: 1) Click the following link to go to http://www.raytthenet.org/bookmark.html .2) See the link that says "Rayt Bookmarklet"? Good. 3. Drag that link onto your Bookmarks Toolbar (which will create a direct link on the toolbar) or, if you don't have a Bookmarks Toolbar, Drag the link onto the word "Bookmarks" on your browser's menu (which will add it to your list of bookmarks.)Both accomplish the same task: adding Rayt to your bookmarks. 3) Now go to any website you want to comment on 4) Click on the Rayt Bookmarklet link you just created. (Leer más)

As excerpted from our application for the Global Young Social Entrepeneurs' Competition:"Rayt creates revenue by providing customized services for nonprofits and other activist groups. Rayt gives these groups the ability to engage their constituency in a unique and powerful way by empowering their members to leave relevant and charged messages on the websites of controversial institutions.Up until now, online activism has largely centered around online petition campaigns. Online petitions, however, are usually sent to just one inbox and are likely deleted or never read. Rayt comments, on the other hand, are read by all and stay up indefinitely – spreading the campaign message long after the campaign has ended. Rayt comments are also placed where they are most relevant – on top of the power-holder's website. For these reasons, we envision “Rayt campaigns” as being the future of online activism.While (Leer más)