Carousels are definitely overused, but they can still be a solid choice, depending on your design goals. If you just want to make people look at more ads, then most people will not bother.
But, I clicked all the way through before reading the comments here because I found it a compelling way to tell their story.
edit: actually, I happily clicked through this: https://duckduckgo.com/about The "what's new" carousel did feel a little tedious.
Related: I've spent more than a few minutes on sites unwrapping carouseled content to just display stacked on the page. It's fucking annoying.