I’ve been a design consultant for well over a decade now, and the vast amount of times that I’ve seen a carousel in production, it has been primarily a politica

I’ve been a design consultant for well over a decade now, and the vast amount of times that I’ve seen a carousel in production, it has been primarily a political tool. It’s a way to make everyone be front and center. Of course, given the affordances of carousels, it means that no one is actually in the spotlight. It’s been relatively easy to get rid of when it’s more of an “accident” than a political tool (or the result of the CEO/PM saying “can you make it more dynamic”), but when it’s tied to internal politics, it’s much harder to get rid of.