Iris's increased presence in the Star Labs scenes this season is because the shows top executive Greg Berlanti gave the writing team the directive that they had to utilize her character more.
So the writers have basically done this by having her be present in these scenes whereas in the first two seasons she would have only been in the occasional Star Labs scene.
Too bad because she feels simply shoehorned in and has no real organic purpose. Last season they actually gave her a story-line and by not having her there all the time it actually gave the show a reason to cut away from the lab scenes from time to time.

Good point. Since Barry owns that place and can be reachable by phone, I suggest he hang out at work with Iris, to even up the score. Or better yet, they can work from home

She sorta just bums around taking up space.
I don't care about a troll who doesn't pay for his opinion telling me how to review movies.

Iris has taken down more meta humans than Joe. The man has a gun and he's outshone by his daughter and her fists. Thanks for showing that Iris is more meaningful to the team than Joe.
Where are the Asian characters DC CW? #MoreAsians

Sure but at least Joe goes into battle sometimes. WTF is Iris doing? Sucking Barry's dick?

Kind of like Joe.
Where are the Asian characters DC CW? #MoreAsians

Instead, she's just at Star Labs getting in the way of people with actual abilities (i.e. Wally).

Well, she's supposed to be a reporter at CCPN. But they rarely ever show her reporting. They'll throw fans a bone every now and then like when she found out the tidbit about Savitar, but they won't show the viewer her actually doing the work. So when she's in StarLabs, like I said, she's just there standing around not contributing anything. At the very least, show her at her own terminal doing some digging into. I don't know if she's supposed to be an "investigative" reporter, but they'll show everyone else actually doing investigative digging/legwork, while Iris is just there.

Whether she works there or always is there is irrelevant. Anytime there is an attack on the city, somehow Iris is at Star Labs. I want to know why. What skills does she possess that require her to be at Star Labs fighting metas?

She doesn't work there. She just IS there.

Yup. Pretty much the only reason she's in the lab is because she's giving Barry a rim job.

Iris isn't reporting anything when she's at SL,hell I'm not even sure how she still has a job as a reporter.Iris's fans are trying to make her like a Lois Lane or a Vicki Vale or even a Jack Ryder and they keep failing miserably in there arguments.

Nope! Its clear that you are having some trouble distinguishing the difference between a worried big sister and a reporter.
Neither of which belong in a lab.
And also, you keep harping on Iris's reporting. WTF does that have to do with a laboratory dealing with metas? Why does she actually need to be in the laboratory? And also, is she actually reporting on all the metas that star labs is dealing with? Cite your evidence.

Agreed

Iris doesn't belong at Star Labs her scenes are unnecessary and you Iris fans are insane especially that one with multiple sock accounts blackiriswestallen she's a psycho.

Lmao. I can see it too. Remember those flower wreaths from their first date? That was so over the top.

IRIS labs? I can see Barry doing that. lol The boy is besotted.

Barry gonna fvck around and name it IRIS Labs! I can't wait to see IMDB crash from the amount of threads her haters will post.
You just made my night with that. Thanks!

Nope! Its clear that you are having some trouble distinguishing the difference between a worried big sister and a reporter. So let's try this again with an example. Barry the smart science guy went to see Julian to find out how much he knows about Savitar. Julian tells him part of the story and not the most important part. Iris goes shopping for her Christmas gifts and in between shopping she did some digging and she finds out Julian was point person on an archaelogical dig that uncovered the stone. Let's imagine how she likely came to get that information. As she shopping. She mulls over what Barry tells her she doesn't really trust or like Julian since he blackmailed her boyfriend. She pulls out her cell calls Central City News and spoke to Johnny in research who owes her a favor. She ask him to find out everything he can on Julian whatever his name is and send what he finds to her cell. And she goes about her merry way and continues shopping and ding ding she gets an email of archived newspaper articles about Julians connection to the stone and the dig that led to the deaths of 5 people.
The point is:SHE WORKS FOR A NEWSPAPER. SHE HAS RESOURCES ( like an entire research department at her finger tips) SHE HAS CONNECTIONS. Barry and the others work in a lab for the most part. She works in the real world with people interacting with the community and she's is not a police officer so they trust her more than they do Joe
She brings something to the team Period. Whether its the way she looks or access to resources that's the point.
Mark my words you all keep harping on her not belonging at Starlabs and the writers are going to have Barry surprise her with her own office at Starlabs. Keep at it and you shall see

As far as I can see, the only thing she contributes is telling Wally not to use his powers.
Is that what you're referring to?

Shockingly i think you answered your own question. You do realize that labs dont just have scientist working in them. They have some thing called Media Relations, public Relations dept and whole host of other career opportunities. A lab dont just need scientist any more than hospital just has doctors and nurses. Some of you are being silly with this
A reporter has to have a firm grasp of
everything including science. Science is not gibberish there is actual logic to it. Logic that reporter who research and investigate stories need to have a grasp of so she can relay it to laypeople on the news. I do want to believe that some of you know this and are just being cheeky but i have to wonder. Pay attention to what Iris contribute she is not solving mathematical equations or writing computer languages but she does contribute and she has an inquisitive mind and ask questions when she doesnt understand something. Sheesh! Lets move from this silliness

She is, and she has sock accounts on here.

agreed, the poster seems really unstable

Lol that nutjob blackiriswestallen is triggered and butthurt bc someone made a post about her precious Iris.