Discord, the Slack-like chat app, lately mentioned that it should sundown its Stage Discovery device on October 4, lower than six months after it launched. Rolled out in June, Stage Discovery was designed to assist customers discover its social audio rooms known as Stage Channels. It used machine studying to curate an inventory of channels a person is likely to be desirous about becoming a member of.

Stage Channels have been successful, Discord mentioned, but it surely’s been keeping an eye on Stage Discovery to judge whether or not it is assembly its purpose of serving to individuals discover neighborhood.

“In listening to our communities and admins directly, we’ve learned that we still have work to do in regards to server onboarding and moderation,” Discord mentioned in a launch saying the choice.

The firm added, “We’re going to take some time to rethink the Discovery aspect of Stages and how we can better build a place that best connects people to the communities most relevant to them.”

Discord has mentioned it can proceed to put money into Stage Channels, including a number of new options, together with the flexibility to schedule occasions, additional screening functionality, and enhancements to its moderation instruments “to help moderators on Discord keep things orderly and foster healthy engagement within their communities.”

More than 1,000,000 Discord communities have run a Stage as of October 1, the corporate added, utilizing it to host ask-me-anything discussions, open-mic competitions, artwork conferences, and even “discussions over what sorts of foods pineapple should be on”.