Ever since Facebook dropped its student-only restriction and opened its doors in September 2007 to anyone, many student users have cried foul, saying the unrestricted access allows their parents to spy on them. Some 5,819 disgruntled high school and college-aged students have even joined a Facebook group entitled “For the love of god–don’t let parents join Facebook.”

“It’s really weird that nonstudents and parents use Facebook,” said Emma Gaines, a Tufts University sophomore. “It makes me feel really uncomfortable that my older aunt has Facebook, because she says that she likes to check up on her teenage nieces and nephews and takes our pictures for her own use. That’s creepy.”

While some Facebook users will continue to protest their parents’ presence on the site, the growing nonstudent membership has had a positive influence in spurring some students to clean up their profiles and make their posted content more adult-friendly. But as William and Mary sophomore Russell Taylor told ABC News, “People shouldn’t be putting anything inappropriate on Facebook anyway. Why would you want what you’re doing in public? It’ll come back to haunt you in some way or another.”