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some of my code is so bad that I would be embarrassed to release it to the world
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There's another reason: support. There are a lot of people who believe they're entitled to support for any code you release. Even if explicitly noted in a 72 point font that it's totally unsupported.
I'm sure its not too hard to just have everything from that email address forward to the trash if you're so inclined.
If someone googles your name and turns up a bunch of complaints in forums and blogs, that's a hard first impression to overcome no matter how you try to explain that you never promised those people anything.