I don't think it's the most unreasonable comment in the world to casually enquire whether the duties of story uploading can be shared by Rabbit and other volunteers.

No one is even beginning to question Rabbit's commitment to his task here, but equally no one seems interested in doing anything about it, when clearly a lot of people care.

Is it really a hard task for the site owner to take one of his existing trusted helpers and give them this role, especially since no-one knows when (if, even) Rabbit will return.

People are only suggesting taking the easiest path here and maybe the easiest path is getting a deputy for Rabbit as the level of concern grows.