when is eventual consistency prob a good thing

we all learn to go for super consistency, and thats for a reason. but im thinking bout times when a little delay in data showing up might actually be good. like, in systems that get written to a lot, or spread out geographically, sometimes just waiting a bit for things to catch up makes things more available and faster. any particular situations or setups where youve seen eventual consistency work really well, not just okay, but actually better? whats the main stuff to think about when you set that up