“Leave a Reply” only on some posts/”attempted bot” message for the rest

I am working with a blogging course at trying to increase my traffic. One of the assignments was to visit and comment on each other’s entries.

When I provided this link… https://hopelessmomantics.com/2017/07/31/tips-for-falling-back-asleep/

…I was told there was no “leave a reply” or comment box, which I see now there is not. When I posted an alternative link, which appears to have the box:

https://hopelessmomantics.com/2017/10/04/3-tips-successfully-making-big-move/

…the person who tried to comment said they received a notification that they were a suspected bot.

Obviously I’m getting nowhere with this assignment!

I am using the Kale theme.

I have tried using “Screen Options” and ensuring that “Discussion” is checked off for all of my posts. I have also performed a bulk action across all posts, allowing Comments and Ping backs, but nothing seems to have changed.

Can someone please help me out? Thank you in advance.
-Colleen

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