I was wrong (Not Me)

ReadWriteWeb writer Marshall Kirkpatrick responds to he wrong prediction-

On the 25th of April Facebook’s discount shopping platform Facebook Deals was unveiled and I belligerently declared Groupon as good as toast. Today Facebook announced that it will soon shutter its Facebook Deals product. (“Facebook Deals Launches Tonight & Groupon Doesn’t Stand a Chance“)

There were so many reasons Facebook would win, I thought: it was free for retailers at launch, Facebook’s mobile apps and newsfeed are totally dominant and the big social network could share the rich demographic and interest data it has about consumers with the retailers who ensnare them. It was going to be a massacre, I said, and 63% of ReadWriteWeb readers agreed with me in a survey. Friends, we were all wrong – but I was especially wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong!

I love this type of response. He made an extreme statement that was totally wrong and he wasn’t afraid to explain it after the fact. If only ESPN analysts were so bold…