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by khamba 2179 days ago
I agree with what you are saying.

> Carousels are good for things users should be vaguely aware of but are not likely to click on

Carousels should be used to set the _tone_ of the webpage, and not be meant for content to be clicked on.

For example, all major fashion e-commerce website dedicate large amount of homepage screen-estate to a carousel showing their major brands, current discounts, etc. The user can still use the search or menu functionality to look for what they want (and I think majority do), but now the tone of the business has been set.