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The Truthmapping site encourages people to chop their arguments up into lots of little pieces. The problem with that is that if you take an argument A->B->C, and split it into two separate arguments, you're likely to end up with arguments A->B and B'->C, where B and B' look identical but turn out to be different on closer inspection. This is enough of a problem when A->B and B->C are in the same article; separating them will only make it worse.
That's a great criticism. By allowing the viewer to focus on each small step, these arguments can be checked step-by-step more rigorously. However, by encouraging this small-scale focus, you leave yourself open to inconsistencies that can only be seen at a larger scope.