University of Illinois Student here:

It was really horrible hearing a few weeks ago that Yingying was kidnapped. This kidnapping already hit close to home because I'm friends with a bunch of international students on campus and it's stomach churning to think that the victim was targeted because of her perceived vulnerability as a foreigner. If this really is the kidnapper's reddit account, then it's even scarier to think that this kidnapping isn't just an isolated occurrence, but actually has links to a wider reactionary pattern in society.

Although we cannot stamp out hateful bigotry on the internet, we can do a lot to curtail it by not giving vocal racists and misogynists a platform on one of the largest social media sites out there. I really do hope that the FBI can confirm that this is the kidnapper's account and publicly shares this information. Since the Reddit admins are extremely atrocious at doing anything competent on their own, they need all of the negative press coverage that they can possibly get to compel them to do the right thing.