when matching patterns, !rank item++ would not get replied to
since the karma matcher would hit, increment item, and then return
(with no response). now it hits but lets processing continue.
doing !rank item++ of course still increments item, which is probably
not what you want to have happen, but i'm not sure how i feel about
fixing it yet, since even if it's not what you /want/ it's probably
what you /expect/.