In a statement posted by Shiba Inu (SHIB) Metaverse developers late Tuesday, it appears that a user's wallet address has been blacklisted for drawing a swastika using the project's Metaverse land. The team at Shiba Inu wrote:

The ordeal began on April 12 with the launch of the Shiba Inu Metaverse land sale, with approximately 36,000 out of 100,000 plots up for grabs. Via Shib.io, crypto enthusiasts who locked LEASH (ecosystem token) and Shiboshi nonfungible tokens were able to bid on Metaverse lands, which were square plots, for 0.2 to 1.0 Ether (ETH) each. Each time a user bid on a piece of land, it turned the color from "grey" to "black" when viewed from the map.

On April 15, however, members of the Shiba Inu Discord community discovered that a malignant user was bidding on land in a way that formed a swastika. Yet, when news broke out, SHIB holders quickly dug into their pockets and began bidding on land around the symbol (thereby shading their color) until it eventually turned into a "window" shape.

Enlarged image of the SHIB Metaverse land map on April 15 | Source: Discord

it appears that most SHIB enthusiasts support the developers' decision to block the malignant user and create a community more heavily curated toward acceptance and positivity. Twitter user @DMCREDI wrote:

Dear #ShibArmy,Please take a moment to review the following guidelines. The safety of our community, and partners is our highest priority. A small update to our Metaverse and the actions that will be taken for creating a negative environment within the space. pic.twitter.com/4tBD3tx6Ww