A cyclical graph could have nodes with arcs pointing back to the same node.
As for nostr, the only benefit of following yourself could be for viewing your public profile as someone else. I can't think of another benefit at the moment, but maybe in the future we could make a use case.
moeabdol / Mohammed⚡️
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2023-02-27 11:51:09
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