So long Hipster Barbie: The parody Instagram account is calling it quits

Well, at least now you no longer have to be jealous of Hipster Barbie's carefully curated, #blessed life.

Darby Cisneros, the creator of the parody SocalityBarbie Instagram account, revealed herself on the platform only to announce that she is stepping down as Hipster Barbie's "work here is done."

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In an Instagram post (where else?), Cisneros thanked her 1.3 million followers for enjoying her work, explaining that she was baffled by the amount of attention the parody account got, but is pleased that it jumpstarted conversations about how we present ourselves online.

Hey guys, my name is Darby Cisneros and I am the creator of SocalityBarbie. I just wanted to introduce myself and thank all of you for enjoying this account. I started SB as a way to poke fun at all the Instagram trends that I thought were ridiculous. Never in 1 million years did I think it would receive the amount of attention that it did but because of that it has open the door to a lot of great discussions like: how we choose to present ourselves online, the insane lengths many of us go to to create the perfect Instagram life, and calling into question our authenticity and motives. It's been a blast running this account but I believe SB's work here is done. I will be leaving this account open for a while for people still want to look through and enjoy it. Again, thank you for following along. If anyone has any questions or just want to say hi feel free to email me at [email protected] ✌️#RIP (account NOT for sale) A photo posted by Socality Barbie (@socalitybarbie) on Nov 4, 2015 at 10:38am PST

Cisneros, who has up until now remained anonymous to allow Socality Barbie to take center stage, had told Wired that she started the account to satirize millennial hipsters striving for authenticity in their online personas, only to achieve the exact opposite.

"People were all taking the same pictures in the same places and using the same captions,” she told Wired. “I couldn’t tell any of their pictures apart so I thought, ‘What better way to make my point than with a mass-produced doll?'”

"Nobody actually lives like this. And it’s so overdone that it’s becoming boring."

White walls are an instagramer's best friend. So fresh. So clean. So minimalistic. #minimalism #minimalist #vsco #vscocam #socality #liveauthentic #livefolk #kinfolk #visualcoop #finditliveit #letsgosomewhere #neverstopexploring #exploremore #explore #adventure #lifeofadventure #pnw #pacificnorthwest #thatpnwlife #northwestisbest #thegreatpnw #greatnorthcollective #pdx #communityfirst #oregon #upperleftusa #peoplescreatives A photo posted by Socality Barbie (@socalitybarbie) on Oct 9, 2015 at 11:43am PDT

“I had never intended on it being a longterm project,” she told Wired. “I wanted to use it as my own outlet to say things about social media that I’ve always wanted to say. I said all I wanted to say with SB.”

Cisneros' desire to call out dishonesty on social media echoes the story of Essena O'Neill, the Instagram model who ostentatiously quit posting selfies earlier this week to live what she claimed to be a more holistic life. O'Neill has since raised eyebrows over the authenticity of her desire to go off-the-grid.

The fact that the two Instagram denunciations took place within days of each other is a coincidence, but Cisneros is right -- it does spark a conversation about the presentation of one's self on the Internet.