Facebook.com, the United States’ second-largest social networking site behind MySpace.com, will in October do away with previous regulations that barred certain Web surfers from registering with the site, and any person with a valid e-mail address will be able to post a profile and communicate with other users, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Facebook’s user base is made up mostly of college students, as it initially restricted site registration to people with “.edu” e-mail addresses—or addresses associated with an academic entity. A few months ago, the site decided to offer membership to some specific parties, including a handful of major firms, nonprofits and members of the U.S. armed services.

The site currently boasts about 9 million total users, according to the Journal, and some of them have been putting pressure on the site in recent days to open its pages to more Web surfers because they want to connect with people who don’t qualify for Facebook registration.

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